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First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia, being viewed by people on boat LCCN2016651638 (1887)

1887 · Hawkesbury River

First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia, being viewed by people on boat LCCN2016651638

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First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia, being viewed by people on boat LCCN2016651638

1887Hawkesbury RiverThe 1880s

Taken in 1887 on the Hawkesbury River. One of 39 photos of Hawkesbury River on Old Sydney.

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Men atop pontoon to be used in erecting Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651636, 18871887First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651637, 18871887Office of Ryland & Morse for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, Bangar Island, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651640, 18871887Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651642, 18871887E.K. Morse, S.V. Ryland, and others outside the office of Ryland & Morse for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, Bangar Island, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651643, 18871887Steam engine and barrels used for Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651677, 18871887Men working with pulley system to move iron beams used for Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651678, 18871887Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge 18881888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge upon piers, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651646, 18881888Newly installed span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, with men posed on it, probably E.K. Morse and S.V. Ryland LCCN2016651647, 18881888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon LCCN2016651648, 18881888Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon, en route to piers LCCN2016651649, 18881888

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