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The strange vehicles that drive into rivers

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Nothing instills confidence like a strange metal tub that acts like a street trolley but insists it can float. These bizarre contraptions were originally built for waterfront landings but have been repurposed to drag tourists around town before casually rolling straight into a river. It is a profoundly weird hybrid that manages to be wildly inefficient on both land and water.

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