Showing 1727 items matching "railway bridges"
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Railway Bridge, Brunswick Road, Heatherdale - Now Cochrane Street - runs through to Orient Avenue, C.1958
... Railway Bridge, Brunswick Road, Heatherdale - Now Cochrane...Black and white photo of Railway Bridge, Brunswick Road... Bridge, Brunswick Road, Heatherdale. Railway Bridge, Brunswick ...Black and white photo of Railway Bridge, Brunswick Road, Heatherdale.o'rourke, l. -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, Melton Railway Bridge, c.1884
... Melton Railway Bridge...Melton Railway Bridge being built across the Werribee River...". Transport Melton Railway Bridge being built across the Werribee ..."The Melton Viaduct, opened in 1886, is of State heritage significance as a very large and visually distinctive wrought iron, lattice girder trestle bridge over the Werribee River (now Melton Reservoir). It comprises 18.3 and 9.1 metre spans, in a generally alternate arrangement, of total length 375 metres, and standing 38 metres over the Werribee River. Wrought iron small section iron was used to build tension trussed trestle legs, which supported four lines of rivetted wrought-iron deck-type double lattice trusses. It has bluestone abutments and pier bases of coursed rock-faced bluestone with drafted margins. The larger half-piers, now usually submerged in the Melton Reservoir have sharp tapered cutwaters and curved coping at the tops. While designed to carry two rail tracks it has only ever been used as a single track line. Despite several alterations to its deck structure, it remains an outstanding example of a lighter structural design employing open metal trestle supports and metal truss girders. The direct Melbourne to Ballarat railway link of which the Melton viaduct was the major engineering work contributed significantly to the history and development of Victoria. This new link reflected Ballarat’s diversifying economy as well as the commercial and political influence of the metropolis. Construction of the bridge, and the associated large workers camp, were extensively photographed, documenting an important episode in local history. The railway enabled the development of new industries in the Melton area, notably the timber industry and a chaff industry of national importance, greatly facilitated the later transition of the Shire from a pastoral to a farming economy, and struck a major blow to Melton township’s era as a wayside town servicing Ballarat road (especially coach) traffic". Melton Railway Bridge being built across the Werribee Rivertransport -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Old railway bridge at Silver Street, Eltham
... Old railway bridge at Silver Street, Eltham...Colour photograph of demolition of old railway bridge... melbourne railways bridges silver street eltham Colour photograph ...Colour photograph of demolition of old railway bridge at Silver Street, Elthamrailways, bridges, silver street, eltham -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Mountain View Road railway bridge, Montmorency
... Mountain View Road railway bridge, Montmorency...Black and white photograph of railway bridge, Mountain View... melbourne bridges railways mountain view road montmorency Black ...Black and white photograph of railway bridge, Mountain View Road, Montmorencybridges, railways, mountain view road, montmorency -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Silver Street Railway Bridge
... Silver Street Railway Bridge...Colour photograph of old Silver Street railway bridge being... melbourne railways bridges silver street eltham Colour photograph ...Colour photograph of old Silver Street railway bridge being demolishedrailways, bridges, silver street, eltham -
Hume City Civic CollectionPrint, Rupertswood, 1983
... A large coloured print of a railway bridge spanning a river... print of a railway bridge spanning a river with a mansion ...The coloured print features the bridge which spans the Rupertswood Cutting and is north of Sunbury station on the Bendigo line with the Rupertswood Mansion in the middle distance.A large coloured print of a railway bridge spanning a river with a mansion in the distance.rupertswood mansion, rupertswood cutting, railways -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Widening of railway bridge on Warrandyte Rd, Ringwood 1977
... Widening of railway bridge on Warrandyte Rd, Ringwood 1977...Catalogue card reads, "Widening of railway bridge... of railway bridge on Warrandyte Rd.". 1977 Widening of railway bridge ...Catalogue card reads, "Widening of railway bridge on Warrandyte Rd.". 1977 -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Town hall site after demolition, from railway bridge. Ringwood. ca 1971-73
... Town hall site after demolition, from railway bridge...Written on back of photograph, "Town hall site from railway..., "Town hall site from railway bridge." Undated, but after town ...Undated, but after town hall demolition (1970) and others in this SS358 series are 1971-73Written on back of photograph, "Town hall site from railway bridge." -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Rosstown Railway
... Railway Bridges... Railway Bridges Bridges Railway Underpasses Sporting Clubs Tennis ...This file contains three items: 1/A review of the ROSSTOWN RAIL TRAIL from LIVING IN GLEN EIRA, vol. 11, 2004, Issue 4, no. 25, date and author unknown. The review explains the purpose of the Rail Trail with a brief narrative of the history behind Rosstown Sugar Mill Railway line. Concluding with information on the location of the Trail and the expected time required to walk the entire track included in the review is a map of the Rail Trail, which marks significant sites along the trail with historic pictures. 2/A newspaper article from THE AGE, dated Tuesday 21/10/1980 and written by Iola Matthews, reporting on the circumstances that led to the publication of the book RETURN TO ROSSTOWN written by Des Jowett and Ian Weickhardt. The article begins with a brief biography of the authors before moving into details of the book’s content, providing a further biography of W. Murray Ross which includes information on his financial ventures – particularly the Rosstown Rail – his marriage and children. The article includes a black and white photograph of Weickhardt and Jowett walking along the route of the railway line, an illustration of the Rosstown sugar works and a map of the area surrounding the site of the mill. 3/Three photocopies of a black and white illustration of the Rosstown sugar works from the east, undated and artist unknown.rosstown rail trail, rosstown, ross william, ross w. murray, ross murray, sugar beet mills, mills, elsternwick, land transport, railways, railway lines, railway routes, carnegie neville street, carnegie miller street, factories, market gardens, horticulture, peat, soils, land forms, topography, geology, civic issues, cone sugar industry, elsternwick plaza, elsternwick, glenhuntly road, parks and reserves, ee gunn reserve, caulfield racecourse, sportsgrounds, caulfield, carnegie, riddell parade, clarence street, aileen avenue, princes park, dover street, marara road, oakleigh road, rosanna street, murrumbeena crescent, north road, kooyong road, hawthorn road, booran road, koornang road, poath road, warragul road, railway platforms, railway buildings, bambra road, swamps, landforms, landfill, council landfill, railway bridges, bridges, railway underpasses, sporting clubs, tennis clubs, bowls clubs, rosstown railway, rosanna street reserve, maps, railway maps, living in glen eira, weickhardt ian, jowett des, caulfield south, curraweena road, oakleigh, caulfield technical school, return to rosstown, beet sugar industry, crops, land booms, land development and subdivisions, bent thomas, fink benjamin, sugar works, rosstown hotel, oamdenong road, rosstown dry cleaners, shops, rosstown road, rosstown plate, people by circumstance, migrants, accountants, occupations, professionals, the grange, real estate, grange road, financial agents, judges, rosstown estate, financial trouble, rabbit preserving, breweries, political debates, political issues, political electorates, politics, political science, debt, financial loans, court procedures, court cases, legal events and activities, malleson and riggall, widowers, seabeach railway, economics, economic deadline, depression 1890s, economic crash, mortgages, divorce, social problems, poverty, ross claude, ross roderick, world war 1914-1918, wars, military history, servicemen, australian flying corps, engineers, caulfield council, swagmen, homelessness, glenhuntly road, glenhuntly road tram, woornack road, leila road, wild cherry road, melten avenue, illustrations, steam trains, trains, horse and cart, horse-drawn transport, railway stations -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Canterbury Railway Station, Guiney, Michael, 2011
... Railway Bridges... Signal Boxes Railway Crossings Railway Gates Railway Bridges ...Four pages of historical information of the development of railway services in Canterbury. Includes contract and correspondence numbers and dates from 28 December 1880 to 19 December 1971canterbury, canterbury railway station, canterbury road, signal boxes, railway crossings, railway gates, railway bridges, railway lines, stationmasters houses, victorian railways -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, George W. Bell, Trestle Bridge, Eltham, 1960c
... Black and white photograph of Railway Bridge over Diamond... melbourne railways bridges eltham diamond creek george w bell ...Black and white photograph of Railway Bridge over Diamond Creek c.1960railways, bridges, eltham, diamond creek, george w bell collection -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Maroondah Highway West, Ringwood, 1965. Wantirna Road bridge
... Typed below photograph, "Wantirna Road railway bridge... Road railway bridge. Widening underpass - 1965". Maroondah ...Typed below photograph, "Wantirna Road railway bridge. Widening underpass - 1965". -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Railway Bridge, 4/01/2001 12:00:00 AM
... Railway Bridge...Black and white photograph of Railway Bridge, Cochrane... and white photograph of Railway Bridge, Cochrane Street ...Black and white photograph of Railway Bridge, Cochrane Street and Brunswick Road, Mitcham.cochrane street, mitcham, brunswick road -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Bridges, 1924
... Black and white photograph of the railway bridge over... photograph of the railway bridge over the Tambo River at Bruthen ...February 1924 date made.Black and white photograph of the railway bridge over the Tambo River at Bruthen, Victoria.bridges, waterways -
Orbost & District Historical Societyblack and white photograph, Vogt. W.S, first half 20th century
... railway. It was opened on April 10 1916. The two bridges...photo caption -"ORBOST RAILWAY BRIDGE, NEWMERELLA E. S... railway. It was opened on April 10 1916. The two bridges ...In 1912 work was underrway on the Bairnsdale to Orbost railway. It was opened on April 10 1916. The two bridges on the railway viaduct, which crosses the Snowy River floodplain at Orbost, were built from local Southern Mahogany. The bridge on the Bairnsdale end (770m) is now the longest in Victoria. (info. Helen Martin)This item is associated with the history of the Orbost-Bairnsdale railway line and therefore reflects the role that the rail line played in the social and economic history of Orbost.A black / white photograph, oval-shaped on white background. It is of the railway viaduct across the flats at Orbost,.photo caption -"ORBOST RAILWAY BRIDGE, NEWMERELLA E. S. Vogt, Bairnsdale"newmerella orbost-viaduct east-gipsland-railway -
Orbost & District Historical Societyblack and white photograph, first half 20th century
... railway-bridge stoney-creek-bridge east-gippsland-railway...A black / white photograph of a very tall wooden railway... and historical significance. railway-bridge stoney-creek-bridge east ...The Stony Creek Trestle Bridge was built in 1916 when the existing rail line from Melbourne to Bairnsdale was extended to Orbost. This 97km Bairnsdale to Orbost extension through rugged terrain was reputed to have been the most difficult rail project undertaken in Victoria. In service for over 60 years the bridge was damaged by bushfire in 1980, with the last train crossing in 1987. At 247m long and 20m high, it is the largest standing bridge of its kind in the State, and is listed on the Register of Historic Sites. Built of red ironbark and grey box timber, it is a fine example of the early engineering skills that utilised the resources and materials found on site.The Bairnsdale to Orbost rail line contains the most varied range of timber & timber composite bridges on any Victorian line. The Stoney Creek bridge is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for its architectural and historical significance. A black / white photograph of a very tall wooden railway bridge with a train along the top.railway-bridge stoney-creek-bridge east-gippsland-railway -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook, The True Story of the Death Railway & the Bridge on the River Kwai
... The True Story of the Death Railway & the Bridge on the... are of railway locomotives, a bomber, railway bridges and a soldier...., railway bridges and a soldier. The True Story of the Death Railway ...Book is organised by "J.P".Softcover with collage of photos on cover. Photos are of railway locomotives, a bomber, railway bridges and a soldier.Inside front cover "Donated by Trevor Knight"books, military history -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Maroondah Highway West, Ringwood, 1965. Wantirna Road bridge
... Written on back of photograph, "Wantirna Road railway..., "Wantirna Road railway bridge. Preparing to widen underpass - 1965 ...Written on back of photograph, "Wantirna Road railway bridge. Preparing to widen underpass - 1965". -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Waterfall between Dinmont and Ditchley, 1919, 1919
... B/W. Between Dinmont and Ditchley, a man on a railway... on a railway bridge overlooking a waterfall in 1919. Waterfall between ...B/W. Between Dinmont and Ditchley, a man on a railway bridge overlooking a waterfall in 1919. dinmont; ditchley; beech forest; waterfall; railways; -
Orbost & District Historical Societyblack and white photograph, first half 20th century
... Boggy-Creek-railway-bridge Nowa-Nowa railway-bridge East...A black / white photograph / postcard of a tall railway... Railway line. Boggy-Creek-railway-bridge Nowa-Nowa railway-bridge ...This appears to be the Boggy Creek bridge and to have been taken at Nowa Nowa. The Boggy Creek Bridge was built in 1916 as part of the Bairnsdale to Orbost extension to the main Gippsland Railway, and is situated in the middle of the township of Nowa Nowa, crossing a steep-sided and well-timbered creek-valley. This section of the line closed in 1987.This bridge plays a major part in the identity and history of the town of Nowa Nowa, since Boggy Creek’s steep sided valley divides the township into two components. It is part of the East Gippsland Railway line.A black / white photograph / postcard of a tall railway bridge, with concrete pylons in the centre,There is a creek below.on front - bottom left - " NOWA NOWA BRIDGE"boggy-creek-railway-bridge nowa-nowa railway-bridge east-gippsland-railway orbost-bairnsdale-railway -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - MALDON & SURROUNDING AREAS, Apr 1968
... Slide. Maldon & Surrounding Areas. Brick railway bridge.... Slide. Maldon & Surrounding Areas. Brick railway bridge ...Slide. Maldon & Surrounding Areas. Brick railway bridge with train passing over. (Harcourt Viaduct)slide, maldon & surrounding areas., maldon & surrounding areas. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Slide - MALDON & SURROUNDING AREAS, Apr 1968
... Maldon & Surrounding Areas. Brick railway bridge somewhere.... Maldon & Surrounding Areas. Brick railway bridge somewhere ...Maldon & Surrounding Areas. Brick railway bridge somewhere in the district. (photo is of the Harcourt viaduct. P.W.)slide, maldon & surrounding areas., maldon & surrounding areas. -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Canterbury Road, Heathmont looking east from railway bridge. 1973
... Canterbury Road, Heathmont looking east from railway bridge... east from railway bridge."... Road, Heathmont looking east from railway bridge." Canterbury ...Catalogue card reads, "Canterbury Road, Heathmont looking east from railway bridge." -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Canterbury Rd. Heathmont looking west from railway bridge. 1973
... Canterbury Rd. Heathmont looking west from railway bridge... west from railway bridge."... Rd. Heathmont looking west from railway bridge." Canterbury ...Catalogue card reads, "Canterbury Rd. Heathmont looking west from railway bridge." -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph
... railway bridges... railway bridges bridges rupertswood estate estates newspapers ...The photo is one of the images from the Eric Boardman collection which is held by the George Evans Museum.A black and white photograph of one of the two bridges which were constructed in the Rupertswood Estate. There are gum trees which have partially hidden the bridge, in the foreground. The railway incline and embankment are across the middle distance and barehills are across the skyline.rupertswood, railway bridges, bridges, rupertswood estate, estates, newspapers, boardman, eric, sunbury news, george evans collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Laburnum viaduct, 2006
... Railway bridges... bridges Photo of Laburnum railway viaduct and 'Toot Toot' sign ...Photo of Laburnum railway viaduct and 'Toot Toot' sign before road straightening.Photo of Laburnum railway viaduct and 'Toot Toot' sign before road straightening.Photo of Laburnum railway viaduct and 'Toot Toot' sign before road straightening.laburnum street, blackburn, champion, isaac, railway bridges -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Canterbury Road, c1970
... Railway Bridges... melbourne Canterbury Canterbury Road Carnell & Sons Railway Bridges ...Black & white photograph of Canterbury Road shops looking to the east from Balwyn Road. c1970.canterbury, canterbury road, carnell & sons, railway bridges -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Jan Pigot, c 1990s
... Railway Bridges...Canterbury Canterbury Road Canterbury Mansions Railway ...Black and white photograph of Canterbury Road Canterbury from opposite Willandra Avenue looking to the westcanterbury, canterbury road, canterbury mansions, railway bridges, power and telegraph lines, telegraph and light poles, canterbury post office -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sandridge railway bridge over Yarra River, Melbourne, Douglas Smallpage, 1970s
... Sandridge railway bridge over Yarra River, Melbourne... Sandridge railway bridge over Yarra in Melbourne... locations in Port Melbourne Sandridge railway bridge over Yarra ...B&W photos of various locations in Port Melbourne Sandridge railway bridge over Yarra in MelbourneSeveral have descriptions of locations in pencil on rear of photostransport - railways, sandridge railway -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph, Holding, M and Gibson, Tim, 1999
... Colour photographs showing different views of the railway... photographs showing different views of the railway bridge at Stoney ...Photographs taken for Heritage Study|Eight other photographs similar viewsColour photographs showing different views of the railway bridge at Stoney Creek near Nowa Nowa, Victoriatransport, boats and boating
