Blekholmsbron
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Blekholmsbron (Swedish: "Bridge of Bleaching Islet") is a pedestrian bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. The bridge is about 55 metres long between the abutments, of which some 32 metres passes over water with a horizontal clearance of 3,3 metres.[1]
Blekholmen ("The Bleaching Islet") was a small islet in Klara sjö ("Lake of Klara") until it became part of Norrmalm during the 18th century. The name dates from at least the 17th century and is most likely referring to the fabrics laid out for bleaching on the islet.[2]
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- ^ Broar och slussar. Saltsjön - Mälarens Båtförbund (2006-12-31 (?)). Retrieved on January 25, 2007.
- ^ (1992) "Innerstaden : Norrmalm", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed., Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 150. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
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