black and white photograph, first half 20th century

Historical information

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.

Significance

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.

Physical description

A black / white photograph / postcard of a tall railway bridge, with concrete pylons in the centre,There is a creek below.

Inscriptions & markings

on front - bottom left - " NOWA NOWA BRIDGE"

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