Peter Chet

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Posted: 25 Jul 2018


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So called Upside down Rail Bridge

So called Upside down Rail Bridge
The Ideraway Creek bridge is one of the most unusual bridges in Australia. It demonstrates the economic re-use of part of the erection truss used to build the Burdekin River Rail Bridge at Macrossan between Townsville and Charters Towers opened in 1899. The complete truss was 250 feet (76 m) long whereas the Ideraway Creek bridge uses only 150 feet (46 m) of the span. The pinned construction and multiple members of the truss were originally designed for rapid assembly and disassembly.
Ideraway Creek Railway Bridge was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992
Info from Wikipedia .Here's a link for those interested.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideraway_Creek_Railway_Bridge

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14 comments - The latest ones
 Doug Shepherd
Doug Shepherd club
Way ahead of the times, recycling before it became fashionable! Thanks for the interesting notes Peter.

Best regards, Doug
5 years ago.
Peter Chet club has replied to Doug Shepherd club
Had to explain the history to go with the image.Peter
5 years ago.
 Berny
Berny club
great photo, interesting construction!
5 years ago.
Peter Chet club has replied to Berny club
After seeing it I had to find it's history. Glad you were interested. Peter
5 years ago.
 Ulrich G
Ulrich G club
Eine gute Idee.
5 years ago.
Peter Chet club has replied to Ulrich G club
A good idea indeed except in this situation it caught a lot of debris in the flood time.
Zoom to see the rubbish caught up.
5 years ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
We heard on a quick trip recently to Bundy and Mundubbra about this and the other bridges in the region recently when we paused in Biggenden. We'll be back some time to see them all.

Congrats on Explore!
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
Peter Chet club has replied to GrahamH club
I am heading to the Monto area in the following weeks so I could end up with some photos of the area. Regards Peter
5 years ago.
 Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
So very interesting !
and a very good photograph too !
Thanks for your visit and nice comment, Peter.
5 years ago.
Peter Chet club has replied to Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Thank you Christiane.
5 years ago.
 Frans Schols
Frans Schols club
Schitterende opname van deze interessante ondersteboven brug,Peter.
Goed dat jij ons dit liet zien......
Hartelijke groeten.......Frans.
5 years ago.
Peter Chet club has replied to Frans Schols club
Thank you for your kind remarks.Regards Peter
5 years ago.
 Peggy C
Peggy C club
Peter,
Love the add of the link, but must say your photo is much better than what is in the link..
Peggy
5 years ago.
Peter Chet club has replied to Peggy C club
Thank you for your remarks and interest in it's history. Regards Peter
5 years ago.

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