The "old" and "new" Hawkesbury River railway bridges. The new bridge is on the right in the photo.
Bridging the Hawkesbury River: Part 2
By 1937 it had become apparent that the first bridge over the Hawkesbury River, NSW – a key link in the rail connection between the state capital Sydney and the north of the state – was badly in need of replacement. Cracks had appeared in at least one of the piers supporting the bridge and emergency steelwork was clamped around pier number 4 to prevent it failing. Investigations of the other piers found the concrete wasn’t suitable for the loads the bridge was expected to support. Meanwhile, it was also found that the bearings supporting the…
