Elwood Bridge
The rerouting of the Elster Creek following ongoing swamp reclamation failures led to the construction of several Public Works sanctioned Monier style bridges from 1904 onwards, constructed by Monash and Anderson.
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Photograph - Black and white, 1905, University of Melbourne
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Image courtesy of University of Melbourne, Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Co. Pty td collection (Image 1964.0012.00792)
The historic iron girder concrete bridge, over the realigned route of Elster Creek, was one of several bridges commissioned by Carlo Catani and designed and built by the firm of Monash and Anderson.
Catani often contributed to the design of, and oversaw the construction of one bridge after another, many of which were projects undertaken by Monash & Anderson. The Princes, Queens, Morell, Farnsworth, Fyansford and seven Elwood bridges spanning the creek are only some of the bridges that merited his involvement. The seven bridges were required as a consequence of the rerouting of the Elster Creek by Carlo Catani in 1904.
This is the St Kilda Street bridge, taken on the day of the load-bearing test. Construction of the bridge had started in July 1905 and the successful load bearing test was carried out with a steam roller on November 20, 1905 in the presence of Catani and representatives from the St Kilda, Brighton and Caulfield Councils. This bridge is one of the last remaining iron girder concrete bridges left in Victoria and was constructed by Monash & Anderson, using the Monier reinforced concrete method.
Photograph caption: Load Bearing test of the Elwood bridge, in St Kilda Street in 1905. Catani is believed to be on the bridge, closest to the steam roller.
