The Capilano Suspension Bridge (the longest suspension…

1889 CE

The Capilano Suspension Bridge (the longest suspension foot-bridge in the world) is opened in British Columbia in 1889.

Built in by George Grant Mackay, a Scottish civil engineer and park commissioner for Vancouver, it is made of hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks, and will be replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903.

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Vancouver British Columbia Canada View →

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