Murray Bridge looking west from across the river |
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Title : | Murray Bridge looking west from across the river |
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Source : | View of Murray Bridge looking west from across the river | ||
Date of creation : | ca. 1885 | ||
Format : | Photograph | ||
Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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Description : |
Murray Bridge looking west from across the river, with an early post and rail fence bordering the road approach, and a man on horseback opposite the signal box. The growing town of Murray Bridge sits on the western bank of the river, taking its name from the bridge. Built as a road bridge in 1879 after first being proposed in 1864, by 1886 the bridge was also carrying the railway line to the Victorian border. |
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Coverage year : | ca. 1886 |
Place : | Murray Bridge |
Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
Further reading : | Across the mighty Murray: Murray Bridge [Murray Bridge, S. Aust.]: Murray Bridge and District Historical Society, 1988 St. Clair-Johnson, C. Murray Bridge Kent Town, S. Aust.: Heritage Unit, Department for the Environment, [1980] Jones, H. W. Bridge centenary Adelaide: Highways Dept., 1979 |
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