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Archive documentary · 31.10.1937

Opening the Rumba bridge, 1937

Rumba silla avamine, 1937

The 1930s were years of bridge building in Estonia, and the Eesti Kultuurfilm newsreel liked to show them. This reel strings four together. At Luunja an excavator deepens the river and lorries test the strength of the new bridge, and at Kärevere a tractor works on the bridge and road. Then comes the opening of the bridge at Rumba in western Estonia on 31 October 1937, performed by Maksimilian Grasberg. The reel ends in Pärnu, where the old Nahksild is dismantled and the Great Bridge is opened on 6 November 1938.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

1930. aastad olid Eestis sillaehituse aastad ja Eesti Kultuurfilmi ringvaade näitas neid meelsasti. Sellel lindil on neli lugu järjest. Luunjas süvendab ekskavaator jõge ja autod proovivad uue silla kandejõudu, Kärevere silla ja maantee ehitusel töötab traktor. Siis tuleb Lääne-Eestis Rumba silla avamine 31. oktoobril 1937, mille avab Maksimilian Grasberg. Lint lõpeb Pärnus, kus vana Nahksild lammutatakse ja 6. novembril 1938 avatakse Suursild.

Map of the area around Opening the Rumba bridge, 1937
58.73537° N, 24.15667° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Rahvusarhiiv EFA.4.f.57 (Eesti Kultuurfilm) ↗

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