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Journal Article

Author
McMahon, John Patrick
Title
The construction of Birkenhead Bridge
In
Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
Imprint
vol. 13, no. 3, Mar 1941, pp. 57-69
Description

This paper, No. 724, originated in the Adelaide Division of The Institution and was presented before the Division on 20th September, 1940.

[This paper was awarded the 1940 R. W. Chapman Medal and the 1941 W. H. Warren Memorial Prize]

Abstract

This paper describes the methods used in the construction of the Birkenhead Bridge over the Port Adelaide River at Adelaide, South Australia. The bridge includes a central opening span of double leaf bascule type and is of an overall length of 808 ft. The scope of the contract comprised the construction of the foundations and the erection of the steelwork and machinery. The contract price was, approximately, £82,000.

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