Skip to main content

Macquarie (river)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Denison Bridge, 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/32
Scope and Contents

337 x 285 mm. A view from the riverbank, taken close to a pier, and showing the outside edge of the superstructure.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Denison Bridge, Macquarie River, Bathurst, 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/30
Scope and Contents

534 x 174 mm. 2 joined prints. Information given states '3 spans of 110 feet each, 6 approach spans, total length 510 feet'. A side view from the river bank, showing the whole length of the bridge across the river. The bridge is constructed of iron girders, with cylindrical iron supporting piers.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Dubbo Bridge, Macquarie River, Dubbo, 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/35
Scope and Contents

287 x 215 mm. Information given states '3 spans of 80 feet each with 5 approach spans, total length 390 feet'. A view of the bridge partially obscured by trees, from the river bank. With a figure reclining on the bank in the foreground. The bridge is a wooden structure with wooden supporting piers.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Rankin Bridge, Macquarie River, Bathurst, 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/33
Scope and Contents

275 x 226 mm. Information given states '2 spans of 90 ft each, 2 of 65 ft and [blank] approach spans, total length 665 ft'. A slightly blurred print showing the bridge from a point away from the river. The wooden bridge crosses two tributaries of the river, with approach spans joining the two sections of the bridge.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Wellington Bridge, Macquarie River, Wellington, 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086F/34
Scope and Contents

285 x 215 mm. Information given states '4 spans of 80 feet each with 9 approach spans, total length 590 feet'. A view of the bridge from the river bank, with the structure partially obscured by trees. A wooden superstructure with wooden piers.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).