The stone bridge is one of the many bridges built along the Bendigo Rail Line. This one along with four others are in Sunbury which were built in the late 1850s. This bridge spans the Rupertswood Viaduct which is north of the Sunbury Station. The building in the LH corner was a pump house where water was pumped and taken to the water tower on Sunbury Station where the steam trains stopped to replenish their tanks. The Bendigo Rail Line was the first Government owned and operated to be constructed in Victoria. Along the railway a number of famous bridges and tunnels were built and are of historical significance. The bridge spanning the Rupertswood Viaduct is one of them. A black and white photograph with a cream border of a high bridge spanning a deep valley. The roof of a small building is visible in the bottom LHS corner of the photograph.bridges, railways, rupertswood viaduct

The photograph was taken when some work was being carried out on one of the arched railway bridges on the Sunbury line. The bridge spans the Jackson Creek and across the Rupertswood viaduct. The bridge over the Rupertswood Viaduct is one of the five significant bridges which span the railway line between Diggers Rest and Clarkfield.A non-digital black and white photograph of a bridge with scaffolding erected around the base of the arches.bridges, rupertswood viaduct, railway bridges

This image is of the Viaduct at Rupertswood across the Jacksons CreekA black and white photo of the viaduct at Rupertswood across the Jackson's Creek with several gum trees in the foreground. There are electric power lines along the railway line.rupertswood, jackson's creek, railways, bridges, george evans collection

This viaduct is at Sunbury just north of Rupertswood. It was constructed in 1861 by Cornish and Bruce for the railways. It is a 3 span wrought iron box girder on tapering basalt piers. Additional brick supports were added in 1917 to cope with heavier trains.Diggers & mining. The gold era. Later, the line to Castlemaine was constructed. Slide shows rail line going between to valleys. Railway viaduct, Jackson's Creek. Markings 44 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

'A LONG TIME AGO: THE HISTORY OF THE MELBOURNE TO BENDIGO LINE' Bi-fold publication. A schematic 'strip' map of the line with particular places (approx 40) marked on the route with short descriptions of these sites. Concise description of the construction of the line; a summary of present attractions for the visitor to Bendigo and V/Line information.Walker Printing Bendigorailways, bendigo to melbourne, brochure, barkers creek , harcourt, elphinstone tunnel, malsmbury, malmsbury viaduct, kyneton, carlsruhe, hanging rock, woodend, mount macedon, riddells creek, clarkefield hotel, rupertswood, sunbury, diggers rest, sydenham, st albans, spencer street. v/line.

A black and white photograph of the farm at Rupertswood in the foreground including the main house, school and farm together with the railway viaduct taken from the escarpment behind the property.rupertswood, farming, clarke, william (sir), farmbuildings, salesian order, salesian college, george evans collection

Two viaduct bridges were constructed across the Jacksons Creek valley at Rupertswood on the Bendigo rail line to bring the trains down the steep incline into Sunbury station.A photograph of the railway viaduct bridge showing one end of the span and 4 of the pylons. This bridge crosses the Jackson's Creek near one of the waterfalls which have been constructed in the creek. A large tree trunk is in the foreground of the photograph.rupertswood, clarke, william (sir), rupert (sir), michael (sir), victorian railways, salesian college, railways, bridges, jacksons creek, sunbury railway station, sunbury, george evans collection

The post card is one of a set of commercial cards produced for Sunbury. Each card featured particular buildings or places of interest in the town. This card included Ben Eadie winery, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, the former old mill by Jacksons Creek and the railway viaduct and bridge at Rupertswood. All the buildings featured on the card are of historical significance to Sunbury's early development.A post card featuring a collage of four sepia views of Sunbury. The following greeting is written on the card: In and around Sunbury with Greeting. ben eadie winery, our lady of mount carmel catholic church, railway viaduct, the old mill, sunbury, post cards

The photograph shows a section go the Jacksons Creek at Sunbury where it is spanned by the high arched Rupertswood railway bridge north of the town and known as the viaduct, on the Bendigo line. The Melbourne to Bendigo rail line has a number of significant bridges along its route, five of which can be seen in Sunbury.A non-digital sepia photograph in post card format of a river flowing under a bridge. There is a partial view of the tall pylon on the LHS of the image.jacksons creek, bridges, sunbury

The photograph was taken in the grounds of Rupertswood, William Clarke's country mansion. The waterway is the Jackson Creek and the bridge spanning the creek is one of four along the Sunbury - Bendigo railway line. Rupertswood Mansion is visible in the distance.A non-digital black and white photograph in postcard format of a bridge spanning a waterway with tall trees on either side. The tall tower of a building is visible in the distance. The sender, Bridget, who was at Rupertswood, has written a note on the back to Hal Eadie in Dannevirke in NZ. It is not possible to read the message because at some stage some brown paper was pasted on the card.rupertswood mansion, jacksons creek, railway viaduct bridge, bendigo rail line, railway viaduct, sunbury

The post card waas assembled by Salesian College, which is in Rupertswood Mansion. The six images are sites within the Rupertswood Estate and are as follows: Clockwise from L-R- Sheep at the Bridge crossing at Jacksons Creek, Friesan Stud sale, Shearing sheep, Jackson Creek flats, Rupertswood Mansion, Railway bridge spanning Jacksons Creek. Initially Salesian College started as an agricultural school training boys in farm skills. It is now a co-educational secondary college.A postcard with six non-digital photographs of sites within the Rupertswood Estate. Information about each site and the manufacturer's details are on the back of the card.Across the centre of the postcard: GREETINGS FROM RUPERTSWOODrupertswood mansion, salesian college, railway viaduct, jacksons creek, sheep shearing, friesan cattle, sunbury