The Bridge Hotel was built by Henry Hopwood to house visitors to the town crossing the Murray River on his punt crossing, which was situated just below the Bridge Hotel on the Murray River. The accommodation was spacious and grand! In the right back corner of the photograph, the 'lantern' roof of the St Georges Hall can be seen. The street is level with the front entrance to the Hotel, which is very different to what it is today.The photograph shows hotel activities and accommodation in the late 19th Century.A black and white photograph of the Bridge Hotel taken from the Hopwood Gardens. The photograph shows four silky oak trees growing along the front of the building. There is an empty flag pole outside the front of the building. The right wing advertises billiards, whilst the left wing apparently was a bar.Written on the building can be seen the words; HOTEL and BILLIARDS. Written in pen on the back of the photograph are the words "Bridge Hotel. Probably 1896, showing Silky Oak trees.bridge hotel, henry hopwood, silky oak trees, lantern roof, st georges hotel

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountbell, g. stevens, infrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, rosehill road, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, rosehill road, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mount Also Kodak Enlargement of slide 27 x 35.5 cminfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mount Also Kodak Enlargement of slide 27 x 35.5 cminfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, rosehill road, streets

Infrastructure features used by Eltham Shire Council in the construction of Riverhill Drive, Lower Plenty, c.March 198135mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountinfrastructure, lower plenty, riverhill drive, road construction, rosehill road, streets

5 photographs of the exterior of Lower Plenty Hall 1981, taken by Peter Graham, a Shire of Eltham Councillor.5 colour photographs.lower plenty, lower plenty hall, peter graham

House on right is 122 Main Road, Lower Plenty viewed from intersection of Main Road with Para Road35mm colour positive transparency blue Agfacolour Service plastic mountlower plenty, main road, para road

Class photograph from Grade 6 1963 at Lower Plenty Primary School No.1295. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of black and white class photograph.lower plenty primary school, lower plenty state school

Class photograph from Grades 3 and 4 1961 at Lower Plenty Primary School No.1295. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of black and white class photograph.lower plenty primary school, lower plenty state school

This black and white photograph records construction activity of the then new Main Road bridge over the Plenty River at Lower Plenty in 1969.Local significanceBlack and white photograph taken during construction of the Main Road bridge over the Plenty River. Includes structural members, construction personnel, vehicles and a Clarke mobile crane.mobile cranes, bridge construction, main road, plenty river, lower plenty, bridges

This black and white photograph records construction activity of the then new Main Road bridge over the Plenty River at Lower Plenty in 1969.Local significanceBlack and white photograph taken during construction of the Main Road bridge over the Plenty River. Includes structural members, construction personnel, vehicles and a Clarke mobile crane.mobile cranes, bridge construction, main road, plenty river, lower plenty, bridges

The opening of the restored Old Lower Plenty Bridge, opened on 14/03/2001 by the Minister for Environment and Conservation Sherryl Garbutt MLA and Mayor of Banyule Cr Dale Peters. The project was jointly funded by Banyule Council and Parks Victoria. The restored bridge is the oldest remaining bridge in Nillumbik and forms part of the Plenty River Trail. this photograph shows the area adjacent to the bridge on the day of the opening.Digital copy of colour photographlower plenty, lower plenty bridge, sherryl garbutt, dale peters, banyule council, parks victoria

The opening of the restored Old Lower Plenty Bridge, opened on 14/03/2001 by the Minister for Environment and Conservation Sherryl Garbutt MLA and Mayor of Banyule Cr Dale Peters. The project was jointly funded by Banyule Council and Parks Victoria. The restored bridge is the oldest remaining bridge in the former Shire of Eltham and forms part of the Plenty River Trail. This photograph shows the bridge from the side elevation, showing the bluestone and iron construction.Digital copy of colour photographlower plenty, lower plenty bridge, sherryl garbutt, dale peters, banyule council, parks victoria