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Text on blackboard:
Drawbridge Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, 19th century Bridge duty also for pedestrians On one of the pillars of the big one wooden bridge gates hang a price list from 1771. On it is specified exactly what a Bridge passage this year costs. Skippers pay, of course for opening the bridge. But also pedestrians, the bridge want to cross, pay one Inch. The bridge guard opens the Bridge by pulling on chains. The Counterweights cause the Bridge doors pull up easily to let. To close the bridge the bridge guard runs on one the flaps. The bridge will be then pressed by his weight. On Predecessor of this bridge is already 1358 of Duke Aalbrecht in one Pfandbrief mentions: "(...) the village at Ouder-Aemstel on both sides of the Bridge (...) ".