Pontoon bridge transport soldiers and artillery across rivers in the South. In 1872 at a military review before Queen Victoria, a pontoon bridge was thrown across the River Thames at Windsor, Berkshire, where the river was wide. The bridge, comprising 15 pontoons held by 14 anchors, was completed in 22 minutes and then used to move five battalions of troops across the river. It was removed in 34 minutes the next day. The British Blanshard Pontoon stayed in British use until the late 1870s, when it was replaced by the "Blood Pontoon". The Blood Pontoon returned to the open boat system, which
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon in an exposition prior to an excerpt of the novel, Keillor wrote that the story for "Pontoon" originated from a storytelling tour he did in the early 90s to pay for a divorce. Pontoon currently holds a 3.53 rating on Goodreads, based on over 2,900 ratings and over 350 reviews. Thomas Mallon reviewed the book for the "Sunday Book Review" of the New York Times. Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon is a novel by Garrison Keillor, a humorous fictional account of life in the fictitious heartland town of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. It was