Sale Swing Bridge, Sale, Vic, Australia
S 38° 08.758 E 147° 05.220
55H E 507623 N 5777985
There is a historic photo of this Historic Bridge on the back of the River Heritage & Wetlands Trail Map, from where the original photo was taken.
Waymark Code: WMWGXX
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 09/04/2017
Views: 3
From a competition held in 1880 for a bridge to span the Latrobe River, a design of architect and engineer John Grainger was decided as the best (£50 prize).
It opened to traffic in 1883, and at set times is still operated.
Built of cast iron with wrought iron cross beams and trusses, and manually operated, this bridge is remarkable for its exceptionally wide movable span and for transferring deadweight to the end fixed spans by way of a system of jacks. [Sign]
The cropped Historic Photo is from the History Sign on the back of the River Heritage & Wetlands Trail Map on the north side of the bridge, and is the same orientation, as from that position.
Visited: 1120, Monday, 6 May, 2016
Year photo was taken: 1920
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