Bridge tender's house

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Bridge tender's house on south side of Chicago's Washington Blvd Bridge

A bridge tender's house is a structure near or upon a moveable bridge from which a bridge tender may operate the bridge and monitor river traffic, and in which they may reside.[1][2] It may contain the controls and the mechanicals to operate the bridge.[2]

Aerial view of Boston's Summer Street Bridge in 1925; the bridge tender's house is seen to the left of the bridge, constructed on a platform above the water

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