Historical information

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)

Significance

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.

Physical description

A black / white photograph, oval-shaped on white background. It is of the railway viaduct across the flats at Orbost,.

Inscriptions & markings

photo caption -"ORBOST RAILWAY BRIDGE, NEWMERELLA E. S. Vogt, Bairnsdale"