Running between the Northern shoulder of Mallets Bay and the tip of South hero is a 3 1/2 mile causeway. About a third of the way from South Hero is an opening, spanned by by the Allen Point Drawbridge, manned by draw tender Wallace Pelkey of Alburgh and assistant tender George Wilford of Winooski. Living in a little shack which sits on a narrow strip between the Lake and the Rutland railroad tracks, they attend the outpost 6 days a week, 24 hours a day, from about May 6 to November 15.
 
 

Their bridge duties are actually very little, there are only ten to twelve trains a week, 4 at the most in one day. But when required they grunt and groan and crank the bridge open or shut as the case may be. Spring is the busiest, for then, when the lake level is way up, there may be less than two feet clearance and they have to open up for every rowboat.

Most part their time is their own, for fishing, reading, playing cards. Occasionally there is company. Fisherman walk out from the mainland to try their luck on the bridge. Boats which stop to idle a bit, and the passing trains themselves. But by and large it is a job for a man who doesn't mind being alone

Heres some pages of Regulations regarding the draws!

Heres another Pic of the Boys at work

Meet the Tenders from the Three Bridges

Heres some pics of this same spot after abandonment!