Reply With QuoteBridge Tce, crossing the Hindmarsh River.
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SubscriberWell that's a relief ............. I'll leave it to S. Else to take up the clue & give the correct river.Originally Posted by bee utey
I must admit that the bridge did look a bit small to be crossing the MMR at it's mouth.
Roger
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Bridge Tce, crossing the Hindmarsh River.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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That's not a Pacific, it's a Pommy engine.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.
Cheers, Billy.
Keeping it simple is complicated.
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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.
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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.
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And the first steel railway in Australia.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.
Talk amongst yourselves or duck out for a durry, while I dig out a picture.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
Loud Mouthed Rat Bag
Of course. I stand corrected. Better go and dust off my Railway hat.
Cheers, Billy.
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No mention of the oldest re-enforced bridge, not that I dooubt it, but the first steel line is mentioned.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.
Looks like it's not a Pacific, it's a 4-6-0, a popular Pommie configuration.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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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,according to the article. Another article saysthe Hindmarsh River bridge was the first to be built on the "beam and slab" principle in Australia.All pretty interesting.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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