Thread: Tasman Bridge Disaster

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

If they had a bit more whiskey on board, perhaps the Incat would have jumped clean over and kept on going.



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Arthur - was this at Iron Pot.

I remember my mum sending me a photo when it happened, but I thought it was further up the river.

Definitely looks like Iron Pot in this pic. Would explain how my mum came to take her photo so easily.

Originally Posted by BMKal

Arthur - was this at Iron Pot.

No, it was at
Black Jack Rocks,
South Arm,
Tasmania.

Coordinates
-43.030996, 147.482576
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I remember a batch of news items when the Tasman bridge was originally built in '62 that they discovered that under at least one bit of the river bottom there is an underground river.

i.e. drill into the river bed for the caissons to support the piers and if you go deep enough you will find water again.

Not sure how deep the second river is, or how wide.

The Derwent itself is deep enough though to allow most ships to go up and down anywhere across its width. The previous floating bridge had a lift span just metres from the western shore. So, NO chance of filling a bit in.