Editing Piermont, New York (section)

===Piermont hand-cranked drawbridge===
The Piermont hand-cranked [[drawbridge]], also known as the [[Sparkill Creek Drawbridge]], was originally built in 1880 by the [[King Bridge Company|King Iron Bridge Company]], a company from [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], that constructed more than 10,000 bridges over six decades. The hand-cranked drawbridge is used as a [[pedestrian]] walkway providing a link to [[Tallman Mountain State Park]].  This bridge is the only hand-cranked drawbridge in Rockland County and perhaps in the United States.  Back in the day, fishermen on [[sloop]]s heading up and down the creek got out of their vessel, cranked up the drawbridge, sailed across, got out of their vessel and cranked down the drawbridge for vehicular traffic. The whole bridge was dismantled piece by piece, sent off-site for restoration and restored to its original state after a complete [[forensic analysis]]. Allan King Sloan, the great-great-grandson of the company's founder, provided some of the information that is on the historical marker nearby and attended the dedication ceremony on August 7, 2009.

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| [[File:Sparkill Creek Drawbridge, Spanning Sparkill Creek at Bridge Street, Piermont (Rockland County, New York).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Sparkill Creek Drawbridge]] (1994)]]
| [[File:Sparkill Creek Drawbridge - Plaque.JPG|thumb|300px|Historical Marker 2009]]
| [[File:Piermont Drawbridge.JPG|thumb|300px|Renovated Drawbridge (2012)]]
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