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Conference Paper

Author
Fraser, D.J.
Title
The changeover to American bridge technology in New South Wales, Australia - Why 1892?
In
Sustaining Heritage: Second International and Thirteenth National Engineering Heritage Conference and NSW Railways Seminar
Imprint
Engineers Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, 2005, pp. 201-209
ISBN/ISSN
085825820X
Abstract

The colonial cultural, political and economic environment in Australia was such that the acceptance of American bridge technology was delayed in NSW until 1892 when an abrupt changeover occurred. This paper takes holistic approach to answering, why 1892.

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