 | Added 01.01.08: Special Report on Pennsylvania King
Bridges
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| Added 10.28.07: New October 2007 Update
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| Added 06.24.07: New 2007
Update
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| Added 04.15.07: Willoughby Viaduct & Structures added
to the History Section
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| Added 12.27.06: King Legacy
essay
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| Added 11.26.06: 2006
New Findings & 2006 Details with
pictures
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| Added 11.26.06: Restructured "Existing
Bridges" section into Regions - Note some additional revisions and
materials are still being added.
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| Added 10.30.06: A
SPECIAL NOTE: Thanks for your patience over the past few
months. We have been switching servers and have had to rebuild much
of the website. We should be up and running soon with some new
content and news about the King Bridge Company.
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| Added 06.19.06: Updated
Preservation Efforts - June 2006
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| Added 06.06.2006: New link to
Historic Bridges of the Midwest
and the Petit
Jean Bowstring in Arkansas
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| Added 03.19.2006: The Hale
Bridge Airlift!
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| Added 02.19.2006: The Hale Bridge
in Iowa and The History
Channel's Mega Movers!
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| Added 02.19.2006: Agent J.H. Burnham's
Bloomington Catalogue
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| Added 11.26.05: Links to
Senate Bill 801 and NYT Article from
February 1892 - "The Last Great Plan"
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| Added 11.26.05: Some
New Memorabilia (Sea bottom of Memorabilia page)
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| Added 11.26.05: Updated
Preservation Section
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| Added 10.29.05: Another King Bridge in
Iowa
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| Added 10.29.05:
All In The Zenas King Family
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| Added 10.29.05: Update on
Old Nan (Niantic, CT)
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| Added 10.29.05: The
Manhasset Viaduct
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| Added 10.29.05: The
University Heights Bridge
in New York City
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| Added 10.29.05: The
Last Great Plan of Zenas King
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| Added 10.29.05: 2005 Update
#2
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| Added 08.28.05: Bridge Plates;
The Builder's Signature
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| Added 08.07.05: 2005 Update
with new sections
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| Added 03.27.05: Mailing
List Updates Available
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| Added 03.27.05: Addendum
to Railroad Special
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| Added 03.27.05: Update 2005 for
New York Bridges
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| Added 03.27.05: Sales Agent
1900 Day Planner & Calendar
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| Added 02.25.05:
Railroad Special - King Bridges role in the railroad industry
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| UPDATED: 2004 Update now with pictures of the King
Bridges!
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| Added 02.19.05: King Bridge Company in
Build-Design Article by Sam Liao, published in The
Zweig Newsletter (www.thezweigletter.com)
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| Added 02.19.05: King Bridge
Sales Postal Card, circa 1870's
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| Added 02.13.05: New Google Search feature on
Homepage
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| Added 02.13.05: Fort Laramie
Army Bridge, Wyoming
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| Added 02.13.05: New York Central RR,
King Bridge over Erie Canal
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| Added 02.13.05: Canton, New York Update,
Plain Dealer Article
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| Added 01.10.05: New York's "Upside-down"
bridge in Lockport, NY
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| Added 11.28.04: 2004 Update
of King Bridge Activities
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| Added 11.28.04: King Bridge found in
Mexico!
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| Added 11.13.04: Wakefield, Ma
Agent's Business Card
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| Added 09.12.04: King Truss in
Seminole County, Oklahoma.
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| Added 09.12.04: Link to an old King
Bowstring in Springfield, Arkansas
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| Added 09.12.04: More photos of the
Zenas King Memorial Bridge in
Granville, Vermont
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| Added 09.12.04: New King Bridges located near
Clairette & Hico, Texas (thanks to Stephen
Taylor)
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| Added 07.24.04: NEW
Movable Bridges Section under
"Company History"
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| Added 07.19.04: Vermont bridges
updated
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| Added 07.19.04: Newfield
Restoration update
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| Added 07.19.04: Added new
Hojack Bridge pictures with the "Fast Ferry"
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| Added 07.19.04: Van Meter Bridge, Iowa (See "Sightings")
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| Added 07.19.04: The Zenas
King Memorial Bridge in Granville, Vermont
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| Redesigned June 1, 2004: Substantial redesign and
reorganization of the website
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| Added 06.01.04: "Happy's
Bridge" (Pratt Through Truss) in Marion, Virginia
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| Added 05.09.04: The Six Great
King Bridges
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| Added 11.15.03:
Restoration of Dearborn River, Montana Bridge completed.
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| Added 11.15.03: New Additions to the
Bridge Inventory.
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| Added 11.01.03: The "Singing
Bridge" in Frankfort, Kentucky. Thanks to Kentucky Bridge
Inspector STephen Smith for the pictures!
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| Added 10.13.03: Pictures of an 1883
King Bridge in Mill Village, Queens County
Nova Scotia
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| Added 10.13.03: New York Times article by Michelle
York (10.5.03) on the Hojack Bridge: "Some
see a Landmark,; Others, a Bridge Too Rusty"
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| Added 10.13.03: Rochester
Democrat & Chronicle article by Rick Armon (9.21.03) on the Hojack
Bridge: "Group
backs swing bridge"
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| Added 08.03.03:
www.KingBridgeCo.com website
hits 10,000 visitors! Thanks!!
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| Added 08.03.03: New
website on the
Newfield Bridge Restoration Project
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| Added 07.01.03: The
Alton Bridge in Denton, Texas is now restored!
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| Added 06.15.03: Hyperlink to the
Historic Bridge Foundation
in Austin, Texas.
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| Added 06.15.03: Photos of the
Restored Faust
Street Bridge in New Braunfels,
Texas (Thanks to Patrick Sparks for the Photos).
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| Added 06.15.03: The
Bullman Bridge, (a beautiful Bowstring) Hamilton County Texas (Thanks to
Jim & Lou Kinsey).
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| Added 06.15.03: Hamilton,
Texas Bridge Preservation Project
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| Added 06.15.03: Additional Bridge Experts, see "Bridge
Experts" under the Preservation Section of the Website.
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| Added 03.09.03: Congress
Avenue/Moore's Crossing High Truss Bridge, Austin, Texas
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| Added 03.09.03: Gregory
Road Bridge, Denton, TX (thanks to Rynell Novak for the info).
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| Added 03.09.03 Hale
Bowstring Bridge (Iowa) successfully moved (photos and story by Paul
Rohrbacher)
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| Added 03.09.03: Speaking Out
Essay from Christopher Burns, Rochester Young Professionals
on saving the Hojack Bridge.
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| Added 03.09.03: Update on the Hale
Bridge (IOWA) from Paul Rohrbacher of the Jones County Historical
Preservation Commission
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| Added 03.01.03: UPDATED Report on
Remaining Inventory of King Bridges
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| Added 01.26.03: New pictures of 1887 King Bridge Plate &
1896 George E. King (Zenas' Nephew) bridge plate from Des Moines, Iowa. (see
the Bridge Plates page)
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| Added 01.26.03: Update on the
Dearborn River High Bridge, Augusta, Montana
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| Added 10.26.02: Update on status of Hale Bridge in Iowa.
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| Added 10.26.02: Additional King Bridge Sightings on Daniel
Alward's, Venango County, Pennsylvania website:
www.venangoil.com.
(See "Sightings" on Preservation Page)
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| Added 10.26.02: Progress
Report on Finding & Saving Old King Bridges
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| Added 8.25.02: Bridge Plates from the
Douglas Coulter Collection
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| Added 8.23.02: Preservation effort in Jones County,
Iowa, the Hale Bridge. Thanks to
Paul Rohrbacher for the pictures and information!
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| Added 8.22.02: New "Sightings"
section for possible missing King Bridges. Send us pictures of these
bridges if you see them!
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| Added 8.22.02: Links to
Ohio Memory Online (the Stow Street
Bridge, Kent, Ohio)
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| Added 8.22.02: The
Lorain & West Virginia Railway
which still have several working King Bridges.
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| Added 8.21.02: Good news about Canton, NY bridge -
See Press Release (Thanks to Varick
Chittenden for the new!!)
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| Added 8.21.02: Merriam Street
Bridge, Minneapolis (Courtesy of Gerald Kackman)
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| Added 6.9.02: Major update to the "PRESERVATION"
section with news about various projects.
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| Added 6.8.02: Many King Bridges in Nebraska (Gage,
Butler,
Otoe &
Antelope
Counties)- See the
Federal Highway Administration "Historic Bridges of Nebraska" links.
(Thanks to Lou Merchen for finding these great links with beautiful B&W
pictures and history!)
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| Added 6.8.02: Hopewell
Township Bridges in New Jersey (Thanks to 6th Grader Charlotte Pashley's
Middle School Project)
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| Added 6.8.02: List of Bridge
Experts
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| Added 6.8.02: Article on the
Hojack Bridge by Rick Armons of the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
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| Added 2.3.02:
US Army Corps of Engineers Documentation
and
Mitigation Planning for Historic Preservation - Hojack Swing Bridge
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| Added 2.3.02: Photo of a King
Bridge being used in 1930 by U.S. Army in Sheridan, Illinois.
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| Added 2.3.02: The Rainbow Bridge
Story & Photo (Courtesy of Tim Lindenbaum)
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| Added 1.19.02: Patent drawings
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| Added 1.09.02: Discussion Boards!
Post comments, start discussions, share your thoughts about King Bridges and
the King Bridge Company with others!
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| Added 1.07.02: New "Preservation"
page dedicated to the efforts of many volunteers, local and county officials,
and pontists to preserve and protect old bridges.
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| Added 1.07.02:
Clearwater
Conservancy efforts to save Old King Bridge in Rapid City, Michigan.
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| Added 1.07.02:
VenangOil website with wonderful pictures of bridges (including the Belmar
King Bridge over the Allegheny River) in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
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| Added 1.05.02: New "Top 10"
pages visited on the King Bridge Website
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| Added 1.05.02: New maps on the
Photographs page.
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| Added 1.04.02: New Hyperlink to the
Woodstock Land Conservancy
(See also Woodstock Bridge Dedication below)
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| Added 1.04.02: New Hyperlink to
Douglas Coulter's King
Iron Bridge Page (and other Iron Bridges)
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| Added 12.30.01: "The King
Bridge Company Through the Decades" Paper delivered to the 7th
Historic Bridges Conference in Cleveland - September 2001
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| Added 9.30.01: Photos
of King Bridge in McClean County, Illinois
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| Added 9.23.01: Woodstock Bridge
Dedication
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| Added 5.19.01: New Search Function on HomePage!
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| Added 4.20.01: Tennessee
Catalogue
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| Added 4.20.01: New Postcard
Section
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| Added 4.20.01: Article &
Schematic Drawings of the St. Louis Suspension Bridge (July 18, 1891
"Engineering News")
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| Added 4.19.01 New photo of
the Copper Range Railroad Consolidation #29 crossing the
Houghton/Hancock King Bridge in 1954. (Photo courtesy of Kevin E.
Musser)
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| Added 4.19.01: Centennial
Celebration Bridge, Philadelphia 1876
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| Added 4.19.01: Boston
Catalogue
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| Added 4.19.01: Sioux City
Elevated Railway
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| Added 1.21.01: Old
Documents
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| Added 1.20.01: Report
on New York King Bridges
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| added 1.19.01: Photo of 1874 King
Iron Bridge in Oswegatchie, NY. (1991 photo courtesy of Steve
Schwartz)
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| Added 1.2.01: Arial
photos of the Portage Lake Bridge (1895) in Houghton, Michigan.
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| Added
12.24.00: History's
lost and found: The first Black Warrior bridge. A recent news
story by Moneeck Jackson at The Tuscaloosa News (www.tuscaloosanews.com)
explores the history The Black Warrior River Bridge as
well as the plans for its restoration.
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| Added 12.23.00: 1890's Standards Catalogue
(Wrought Iron Lamp posts, Fences, Signs)
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| Added 12.23.00: Old Postcards of High Level
Superior Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio, Circa early 1900's
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| Added 12.3.00: Restoration
Project for the 1882 Black Warrior River Bridge in Northport, Alabama,
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| Added 11.29.00: Newly redesigned King Bridge Website! Use the
Navigation buttons above and on each page to navigate the website
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| Need help saving an Old King
Bridge? Then check out the King charitable gift fund at
Fidelity Investments!
these are beautiful iron bridges and we are trying to locate any existing ones in order to
preserve these pieces of American history.
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| Presentation by Allan King Sloan
on the "King
Bridges in New York State" Summer 2000, The Century House Historical Society, Rosendale, New York.
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| An Old King Bridge finds a new home - Bridge to
be part of nature trail in Woodstock, New York
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| The Bridge Project in Rochester, New York
is trying to save the Hojack Swing Bridge. Click here www.thebridgeproject.com to find out how
you can help!
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| Several new Related King Bridge
Links have been added to: Other
King Bridge Websites.
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