glebeisland

8 photos tagged glebeisland, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1871

2013

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Kevin Eadie said:
What a magnificent photo - full of history - the Rozelle railway yards, with 17 + 2 sidings! - the truss bridges for the Darling Harbour Goods Railway over Whites Creek, but the more familiar trusses over Johnston St. / The Crescent apparently not yet built - White Bay Hotel - White Bay Power Station, with tapered smokestacks, much shorter than the current ones - a toastrack tram heading north on Victoria Road near Maney St. - the Callan Park tower - the Catherine Street and Balmain Road bridges over the Darling Harbour Goods Line - a railway roundhouse! - but most puzzling, the ornate stone wall and decorative gatehouse at extreme left; wonder what that's all about?
colinbm said:
Kevin Eadie The Abattoirs

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colinbm said:
It is the first bridge at Richmond, NSW.
State Library of New South Wales said:
colinbm Yes it may be that our catalogue is not correct. Have you anything we can use to substantiate and I will look into getting the catalogue updated?
colinbm said:
State Library of New South Wales Glebe Island Bridge has sharp turns on & off the bridge. Johnstons Bay doesn't have any sandbanks. Here are the old & new Richmond Bridges, still current. www.hawkesburygazette.com.au/story/3225258/road-history-i...
beachcomber australia said:
colinbm Good call ! Bits of this old wooden bridge are still there - goo.gl/maps/XEqXYbhJtKQEcuBi7 {Aside} the old bridge is just visible in Arthur Streeton's "The purple noon's transparent might" of 1896 - www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3060/
beachcomber australia said:
Contemporary (1875) letter to the SMH about the bridge - "exorbitant tolls" and market forces from competing bridges - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13369290?searchTerm=%2...

lively lip said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sydney's Inner West, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
Thanks for the invite, retrogoddess73.