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The Walter Taylor Bridge is a heritage-listed suspension bridge crossing the Brisbane River between Indooroopilly and Chelmer in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge is a similar design to the Hercilio Luz Bridge in Florianópolis, Brazil, with the truss carrying the bridge being above the roadway and meeting the cables at non-uniform heights. This means that the suspension cables actually form the top chord of the truss, and this configuration is known as the Steinman (after its inventor) or Florianópolis type.[3] The bridge is unique among Brisbane bridges in that the two towers of the bridge house residential accommodation, which were occupied until mid-2010 when the last members of the original tollmaster's family moved out. The Chelmer side of the bridge is bounded by a council park. A pontoon adjacent to this park was washed away in the 2011 flood, and to date has not been replaced. The Walter Taylor Bridge is one of four bridges in close proximity to each other. The others are the Albert Bridge, Indooroopilly Railway Bridge, and the Jack Pesch Bridge. The bridge was conceived, designed, built, and funded by local visionary Walter Taylor, a contractor who lived in Graceville (adjacent to the suburb in Chelmer). Although there was a rail bridge to Indooroopilly and beyond to the northern suburbs of Brisbane, local residents were frustrated because there was no means by which cars could cross the river. Pedestrians had been able to cross the river on the 2 previous Albert Bridges from 1875 to 1893, and from 1895 until the opening of the Walter Taylor Bridge[4] Construction work began in 1930.[5] The bridge was opened on 14 February 1936 by the Governor of Queensland, Sir Leslie Wilson, with the final cost (anchorage to anchorage) coming to £85,000.[1] The bridge was operated as a toll bridge until the 1960s, with a toll collection booth located at the Northern (Indooroopilly) end (see the video link below). During that time, the bridge was known as the "Indooroopilly Toll Bridge".[3] It was operated by Indooroopilly Toll Bridge Limited, of which Taylor was a Director and Company Secretary, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and with offices in the Central Buildings, Graceville.[7] In its first full year, it made a profit of £2581.[8] After Walter Taylor's death in 1955, the bridge was renamed the Walter Taylor Bridge in his honor 1956.[4] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Taylor_Bridge

The Hamilton Reach is popular for water sports. It is popular for recreational and competitive sailing. Historically, the Brisbane River had many commercial wharves used for the shipping of goods and passengers. However, with the growth in the size of ships, the increasing residential characters of the suburbs alongside the river, and the need to construct bridges over the river, most commercial shipping is now handled at the Port of Brisbane at the mouth of the Brisbane River and beyond into Moreton Bay through land reclamation. Former commercial wharves and associated on-shore industrial facilities along the Brisbane River are frequently redeveloped into residential and leisure facilities. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Reach

P & O LINER STRATHAIRD Pleasure Cruise to Fiji Under the command of Captain J. W. Hartley the P & O liner Strathaird is due from London tomorrow and with a berth at New Farm Wharf about 5:30 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leaving London on July 12 the Strathaird had 577 passengers which is an unusually large number for this time of the year. The steamer called at Tangiers and Gibraltar and on leaving Marseilles on July 20 she had 710 passengers. The usual calls were made at the Port Side Aden Bombay, and Colombo, and the weather was enjoyed during practically the whole of the voyage to Australia. The Strathaird, which has a number of round-voyage passengers, is a pioneer of the Australian cruising liners. She will sail from New Farm Wharf at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday on a pleasure cruise to Fiji and will be a full ship leaving Brisbane. For the convenience of passengers and their friends, the following telephones will be installed at New Farm Warf. First saloon B9877 and B6866 tourist class B5039. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCEAN FORECAST Fresh easterly to south-easterly winds and rather rough seas New Caledonia to Queensland and central east-coast; fresh westerly over south Tasman Seas; fresh to strong northerly to north-westerly from south of Bight to Tasmania; fresh southerly and rising seas around a south-west quarter of Continent advancing to Bight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 August 1935; The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Qld Source: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36750535#