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Conference Paper
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- Engineering heritage recognition of two significant bridges
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- 2013 South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference - Transactions
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- Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, Adelaide, 2013, pp. 23-44
- Abstract
This paper examines the role of (Sir) John Monash in the design and construction of two extremely important reinforced concrete girder bridges in South Australia. This information has been gathered as part of the preparation for the nomination of these two bridges for Engineering Heritage Recognition and from design work associated with the restoration of one of the bridges. The first bridge is the Hindmarsh River Railway Bridge at Victor Harbor currently used by the tourist Cockle Train operated by SteamRanger Heritage Railway. The second bridge was originally known as the Hindmarsh-Thebarton Tramway Bridge; also known as the Holland Street Bridge by the local community, one Council has named it the Sir William Goodman Bridge. This bridge spans the River Torrens between Manton Street in Hindmarsh and Holland Street in Thebarton and is currently closed although it was used as a pedestrian bridge previously. Both bridges are heritage listed and are constructed using concrete beams (girders) and slabs as distinct from arch type bridges which preceded them. The Hindmarsh River Railway Bridge is thought to be the first reinforced concrete railway girder bridge in Australia; the Sir William Goodman Bridge is the second reinforced concrete girder bridge in South Australia and the first in metropolitan Adelaide.
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- 2013 South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference - Transactions edited by Venus, Richard (Adelaide: Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, 2013), 89 pp. Details