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WINNIPEG A piece of Manitoba history, which has stood for more than a century, is coming down. Crews have begun dismantling a railway bridge, west of the town of La Rivière, Man. “It’s sad,” said Debbie Booker on Wednesday. “It’s a sign of the times.” Her family farmed the land next to the bridge, which was built in 1886 and is as old as the town itself. Rail service was lost years ago in the town, now best known for its skiing. “The schools went out, the elevators went out,” said Greg Currie, who grew up in La Rivière, which has a population of roughly 250.