View of the North Richmond River bridge undergoing repairs, Sydney, ca. 1871, American and Australasian Photographic Company
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View of the North Richmond River bridge undergoing repairs, Sydney, ca. 1871, American and Australasian Photographic Company, albumen print PXA 933 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZM7jzY/77dOQGrBOOq43420926
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colinbm
It is the first bridge at Richmond, NSW.
State Library of NSW
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54724528@N06 Yes it may be that our catalogue is not correct. Have you anything we can use to substantiate and I will look into getting the catalogue updated?
colinbm
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw] Glebe Island Bridge has sharp turns on & off the bridge. Johnstons Bay doesn't have any sandbanks. Here are the old & new Richmond Bridges, still current. www.hawkesburygazette.com.au/story/3225258/road-history-i...
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/54724528@N06] Good call ! Bits of this old wooden bridge are still there - goo.gl/maps/XEqXYbhJtKQEcuBi7 {Aside} the old bridge is just visible in Arthur Streeton's "The purple noon's transparent might" of 1896 - www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3060/
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Contemporary (1875) letter to the SMH about the bridge - "exorbitant tolls" and market forces from competing bridges - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13369290?searchTerm=%2...
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/54724528@N06 Thanks.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia thanks