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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 233387 Construction of the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge on the Brisbane River, ca. 1895.jpg (1000x763) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 233387 Construction of the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge on the Brisbane River, ca. 1895.jpg en Construction of the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge on the Brisbane River ca 1895 Crowds gather to watch the hulk Beatrice used on the Brisbane River to float another span on the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge The second Indooroopilly Railway Bridge was opened on August 17 1895 It replaced the Albert Railway Bridge which was washed away in the 1893 flood The bridge was designed by Henry Charles Stanley Chief Engineer of Railways and at the time was the largest bridge in Australia which was wholly of local manufacture The bridge consisted of two steel spans supported on abutments of masonry and a central concrete pier encased in an iron caisson to low water mark and then built up with masonry to the bearings of the girders Each span was 10 3 m long and each weighed about 610 tonnes A neatly designed footway was carried on the bridge's upstream side Stanley's bridge is still in use today although it has been supplemented with an adjacent bridge to cope with increased traffic Information taken from Janet Hogan Living history of Brisbane 1982 circa 1895 handle 10462/deriv/32094 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Albert Bridge Brisbane construction Ships of Australia Brisbane River Crowds in Australia Black and white photographs of Australia in the 1890s 1895 in Brisbane | ||||
