Where am I? Competition.

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Originally Posted by bee utey

"Tis indeed the Cockle Train but it doesn't cross the Mighty Murray River.

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Well that's a relief ............. I'll leave it to S. Else to take up the clue & give the correct river.
I must admit that the bridge did look a bit small to be crossing the MMR at it's mouth.

Bridge Tce, crossing the Hindmarsh River.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Isn't there an Emergency Services College at Mt Barker?
Is that Loco a Pacific Class?
Sorry, my questions don't seem to be getting us closer to your location. [bigwhistle]

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That's not a Pacific, it's a Pommy engine.

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Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

That's not a Pacific, it's a Pommy engine.

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A Pacific is internationally referred as any 4-6-2. The Flying Scotsman and most of the crack Pommie expresses were Pacifics.

Home - Flying Scotsman

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Bridge Tce, crossing the Hindmarsh River.

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That's the place. The bridge claims to be the oldest reinforced concrete bridge in Australia, constructed in 1907. Looks like the concrete cancer may have to be dealt with soon! Anyway, over to you. [smilebigeye]

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Originally Posted by bee utey

That's the place. The bridge claims to be the oldest reinforced concrete bridge in Australia, constructed in 1907. Looks like the concrete cancer may have to be dealt with soon! Anyway, over to you. [smilebigeye]

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And the first steel railway in Australia.
Talk amongst yourselves or duck out for a durry, while I dig out a picture.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

A Pacific is internationally referred as any 4-6-2. The Flying Scotsman and most of the crack Pommie expresses were Pacifics.

Home - Flying Scotsman

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Of course. I stand corrected. Better go and dust off my Railway hat.

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Originally Posted by bee utey

That's the place. The bridge claims to be the oldest reinforced concrete bridge in Australia, constructed in 1907. Looks like the concrete cancer may have to be dealt with soon! Anyway, over to you. [smilebigeye]

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No mention of the oldest re-enforced bridge, not that I dooubt it, but the first steel line is mentioned.

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Of course. I stand corrected. Better go and dust off my Railway hat.

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Looks like it's not a Pacific, it's a 4-6-0, a popular Pommie configuration.

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No mention of the oldest re-enforced bridge, not that I doubt it, but the first steel line is mentioned.

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I was only going off my memory of the adjacent plaque. Anyway, here's an article on the bridge concerned and another concrete arch bridge nearby. The Hindmarsh River bridge appears to be the earliest of its type,

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the Hindmarsh River bridge was the first to be built on the "beam and slab" principle in Australia.

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according to the article. Another article says

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the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Co. Ltd was founded by Monash in Melbourne in 1905 and pioneered reinforced concrete construction in Victoria. The company produced many buildings, bridges, water-tanks and silos using this type of construction in Victoria and South Australia.

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All pretty interesting.