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31-AUG-2003 Copyright 2003 Robert

Bridge over River Kwai

Kanchanaburi, Thailand

This is the famous bridge that spans the Kwai Yai River. It was brought from Java by the Japanese Army and assembled at the River Kwai by the war prisoners.
Bombed several times in 1945, it was rebuilt after the war. The curved spans of the bridge are the original sections. An estimated 16,000 war prisoners and 49,000
impressed labourers died during the constrution of the bridge and the Death-Railway line that leads to Burma.

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Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/250s f/11.0 at 70.0mm iso200 full exif

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