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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Heritage Key, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Must be Jules Védrines (1881-1919), some biographic information here and here. I don't see a Wikipedia article.

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Védrines

This picture can be eactly dated: September 9, 1912. Jules Vedrines - the French flyer - turns here one of the pylons in the James Gordon Bennett Cup Race held in Chicago. Vedrines flew the Deperdussin Monocoque racer (1912 model) with a Gnome 14-cylinder rotary engine rated at 140 - 160 hp. Competition was minimal, only two other machine were flying (a Hanriot monoplane) flown by Andre Frey and another Deperdussin monoplane (with a lower powered engine) was flown by Prévost. Prévost finished and became second, Frey got engine trouble and did not reach the finish. Vedrines beat during the race the world speed record, setting the world speed record for 20 km (12.4 miles) covering the distance in 6 min. 56 sec. at a speed of 107 mph. Source: Reed Kinert. Racing planes and air races. Volume 1

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The Victoria Bridge, the Brisbane River’s first road crossing has had a long and interesting history. Since 1865 there have been several versions of the bridge built to connect Brisbane's CBD to South Brisbane. This post will briefly examine the history of each one of those bridges. To help connect the rapidly growing city with the southern suburbs the Brisbane City Council decided in 1861 to announce they intended to build a bridge connecting Queen Street with Melbourne Street. The council held a contest for the design of the bridge and chose to construct a large iron lattice-girder bridge by designers Messrs Robinson and I'Anson. Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland, laid the foundation stone on 22 August 1864. With a limited budget, the council couldn't afford the cost of the steel required to build Robinson and I'Anson's design and instead chose to build a temporary wooden bridge until funds were available to build the steel bridge. In June 1865, less than a year after the laying of the foundation stone, the bridge was completed and named the Brisbane Bridge. However, one issue the bridge's builders were unaware of was the destructive effect marine borers would have on the wooden piles. On 16 November 1867, the bridge collapsed, caused by a combination of a high tide placing pressure on the weakened wooden piles and a large coach crossing the bridge. In 1871, English company Peto, Brassey, and Co agreed to build a new bridge upgrading the previous wooden design to include concrete pylons, lacework parapet, and a footpath on each side for pedestrians. The bridge was completed in 1874, opened on 15 June by Governor George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, and named 'Victoria Bridge' after Queen Victoria, the monarch at the time. On 5 February 1893, Brisbane recorded a significant rain event with 900mm falling within a day. At 4 am the following day, floodwaters carried a house, livestock, trees, and debris down the Brisbane river from North Quay crashing into the city end of the Victoria Bridge causing a section to collapse. The collapse of the bridge affected the economic development of South Brisbane, larger stores such as Allen & Stark moved their premises to the northside of the city and southern suburbs declined while newer suburbs like Ascot, Hamilton, and Clayfield prospered. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/history-brisbanes-victoria-bridge