Saphan Hok ( th, สะพานหก, ) is a bridge over the old city moat or

Khlong Khu Mueang Doem Rattanakosin Island ( th, เกาะรัตนโกสินทร์, , ) is a historic area in the Phra Nakhon District in the city of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bordered by the Chao Phraya River to the west and various canals to the east t ...

. It's connected between

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and

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in Bangkok's Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang and Wang Burapha Phirom sub-districts, Phra Nakhon district. Its name translates as "tipping bridge". It's a bridge that can be drawn up for boats passing through. Originally, it was a wooden bridge that was built from the same type bridge in the

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. In the early Rattanakosin period, there're eight Saphan Hok in the area of Bangkok, both the Phra Nakhon (Bangkok core side) and

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sides. Nowadays they have already collapsed all, only one is here. In the reign of

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(Rama V) was changed to a reinforced concrete for

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running through. The bridge-foot has been modified to a ladder and still this structure continues to this day. Saphan Hok was restored as a

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in 1982 on the 200th anniversary of the Rattanakosin era, it was rebuilt following from the photographic document of the period.

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