The Bridge on the River Kwai by the other prisoners. Julie Summers, in her book "The Colonel of Tamarkan", writes that Boulle, who had been a prisoner of war in Thailand, created the fictional Nicholson character as an amalgam of his memories of collaborating French officers. He strongly denied the claim that the book was anti-British, although many involved in the film itself (including Alec Guinness) felt otherwise. Ernest Gordon, a survivor of the railway construction and POW camps described in the novel/film, stated in a 1962 book, "Through the Valley of the Kwai": "In Pierre Boulle's book "The Bridge over the River Kwai" and the
Pedestrian Bridge over the Petite Decharge River Metallurgy Center in Trois-Rivieres in collaboration with the REGAL Aluminium Research Centre in Chicoutimi. As requested in the tender, the bridge deck was made from prefabricated, friction stir welded aluminium panels. Ten panels with a size of were welded on a large friction stir welding machine in Chicoutimi from 10 hollow extrusions each. Each panel was first welded from one side, then turned around and welded from the other side. The flash was removed by manual grinding. Pedestrian Bridge over the Petite Decharge River The Pedestrian Bridge over the Petite Decharge River, one of the tributaries of the Saguenay River