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The Old Main Bridge with Lower Main Mill Building Adjacent to Bridge on Left
Photographer: Detroit Photographic Company, Photochrom provided courtesy of the US Library of Congress
Taken: 1890/1900
Caption: The Old Main Bridge with Lower Main Mill Building Adjacent to Bridge on Left
Additional Description: The Alte Mainmuehle Restaurant's website, continued, "...But for practical purposes the first 'fitness centre' was invented here. The citizens of Wuerzburg used the waves generated by the mill-wheel as a swiming pool with artificial waves. Swimming against the waves was considered to be particularly healthy."
Submitted: September 29, 2009, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p78861
File Size: 2.588 Megabytes

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