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Hawkesbury River Bridge
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[edit]Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 33°32′2″S 151°13′42.3″E / 33.53389°S 151.228417°E |
Carries | Main Northern railway line |
Crosses | Hawkesbury River |
Preceded by | Peats Ferry BRidge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Union Bridge Company of America |
Material | Steel |
Pier construction | stone and concrete |
Total length | 2,896 feet (883 m) |
Longest span | 5 x 416 ft 2 x 408 ft |
No. of spans | 7 |
Piers in water | 6 |
Clearance below | 42 feet (rails above high water) |
History | |
Constructed by | Union Bridge Company of America |
Fabrication by | Ryland and Morse |
Construction start | 1886 |
Construction end | 1889 |
Construction cost | AU₤327,000 (contract price) |
Opened | 1 May 1889 |
Closed | 1947 |
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design length, 2896. owing to pier six being out of position, a bridge piece was made 4'3" longer (?)[1]
1938 - gauntlet track introduced.[4]
1939 - plans proposed to replace the bridge.[5]
1947 - first span removed.[6]
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[edit]Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge | |
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![]() Bridge looking north | |
Coordinates | 33°32′2″S 151°13′42″E / 33.53389°S 151.22833°E |
Carries | Main Northern railway line |
Crosses | Hawkesbury River |
Characteristics | |
Longest span | 2 x 4 x 3 x |
No. of spans | 9 |
Piers in water | 8 |
History | |
Construction start | 1939 |
Opened | 1 July 1946 |
Location | |
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Main North Line
[edit]The extension to the line was discussed in parliament as early as 1881[7] and was first gazetted by the government of the day, May 1883.[8][9]
1881 - Much general discussion about a loan to fund the line, 1881.[10]
1883 - Tender for steel casings for bridges, not mentioned to be specific for this bridge but for bridges on this line.[11]
1881 - And blah blah to the max about this and that and direction.[12]
1884 - Discussion, with tunnels lengths, culverts, measurements.[13]
1887 - Extension opened the 7th instant from this date making it the 7th April 1887.[14]
Bridge
[edit]some Hornsby Local data to sort through.[15][16]
Hornsby Council photo collection.[17]
1883-09 Call for tenders, supply of cylinders for the new bridge.[18]
1884-12 plans and general condiditions.[19]
1886-07 notes on the bridge.[20]
1889-04official description of the bridge.[21]
1889-05 Opened with ceremony.[22]
1889-05 Whitton writes to the Herald re: estimates.[23]
- trove search H W R Union Bridge Co
- trove newspaper search 1880's
- trove gazette search 1880's
- "Dictionary Sydney". 1 January 1899.
- first extra thing [24]
- second thing [25]
- text [1]
- ^ "THE HAWKESBURY BRIDGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 15, 940. New South Wales, Australia. 24 April 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "HAWKESBURY BRIDGE DEFECT". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 413. New South Wales, Australia. 6 September 1938. p. 13. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CRACKS IN PIERS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 416. New South Wales, Australia. 9 September 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "HAWKESBURY BRIDGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 430. New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1938. p. 13. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "HAWKESBURY RAIL BRIDGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 516. New South Wales, Australia. 4 January 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "REMOVING OLD HAWKESBURY RIVER RAIL BRIDGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 181. New South Wales, Australia. 11 July 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE NORTHERN RAlLWAY AND SYDNEY". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. Vol. XXXVIII, , no. 5129. New South Wales, Australia. 19 March 1881. p. 2 (Second Sheet to The Maitland Mercury). Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. Part 1". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 212. New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1883. p. 2789. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. Part 2". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 212. New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1883. p. 2789. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE NORTHERN RAlLWAY AND SYDNEY". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. Vol. XXXVIII, , no. 5129. New South Wales, Australia. 19 March 1881. p. 2 (Second Sheet to The Maitland Mercury). Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "TENDERS FOR PUBLIC WORKS". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 416. New South Wales, Australia. 9 October 1883. p. 5458. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 627. New South Wales, Australia. 2 December 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE HOMEBUSH-WARATAH RAILWAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 14, 426. New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1884. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "HOMEBUSH TO WARATAH RAILWAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 15, 296. New South Wales, Australia. 5 April 1887. p. 10. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "First Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge". Hornsby Shire Library Special Collections. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ Blaxell, Gregory (13 January 2010). "How Hawkesbury was conquered". Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ pics
- ^ "Miscellaneous Items". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XXVIII, , no. 714. New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1883. p. 32. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "NEWS OF THE DAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 14, 576. New South Wales, Australia. 13 December 1884. p. 13. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Hawkesbury Railway Bridge". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. Vol. XLIII, , no. 5958. New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1886. p. 6. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "THE HAWKESBURY BRIDGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 15, 940. New South Wales, Australia. 24 April 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "OPENING OF THE HAWKESBURY BRIDGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 15, 947. New South Wales, Australia. 2 May 1889. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "HAWKESBURY BRIDGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 15, 954. New South Wales, Australia. 10 May 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge". Hornsby Shire Council. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "First Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge". cdm15997.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
Oberon
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Maximum incline | 4% |
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- ^ "Government Gazette Notices". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 114. New South Wales, Australia. 28 September 1923. p. 4252. Retrieved 18 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Newnes
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Other name(s) | Wolgan Valley Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maximum incline | 4% |
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Other name(s) | Bombala Kunama |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Goulburn (Joppa) to Queanbeyan Opened to Michelago by 1887
Opened to cooma 1889
Opened to Bombala in 1921
Opened 30 miles 20 chains (48.7 km)[1]
- ^ "PUBLIC WORKS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 15, 508. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 20 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Coota - Coolac - Gundagai
Wagga - Tarcutta
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Coordinates | 42°51′19″S 147°29′55″E / 42.8554°S 147.4985°E |
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[edit]Named refs in the refs section away from the article text St. George's Anglican Church, Battery Point