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marketplace, for a while, until the pier was closed by the city's development authority and the hawkers and market shop owners evicted from. Due to the large market that had developed, the police was unable to evict the merchants and shop owners from the area and the market was only closed by a policy/rule that the government passed.
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during 1862–1864. It had a steel structure supporting a wooden floor, with an opening mechanism that allowed boats to pass. The bridge was rebuilt in 1900 under the supervision of
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