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1895. Basket-handle bridge on nine stone piers over Orange River | 1895. Basket-handle bridge on nine stone piers over Orange River, possibly at Bethulie | ||
1896 Photo [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-1896-basket-handle-bridge-with-eight-spans-on-steel-piers-over-the-orange-river-2 '''here''']. | 1896 Photo [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-1896-basket-handle-bridge-with-eight-spans-on-steel-piers-over-the-orange-river-2 '''here'''] and [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-circa-1901-damaged-bridge-2]. | ||
This [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-bridge-over-orange-river-damaged-during-anglo-boer-war '''c.1900 photo'''] shows the bridge after it had been destroyed in the Boer War, with a rapidly-constructed rail bridge alongside. | This [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-bridge-over-orange-river-damaged-during-anglo-boer-war '''c.1900 photo'''] shows the bridge after it had been destroyed in the Boer War, with a rapidly-constructed rail bridge alongside. |
Revision as of 17:18, 23 January 2023
1895. Basket-handle bridge on nine stone piers over Orange River, possibly at Bethulie
This c.1900 photo shows the bridge after it had been destroyed in the Boer War, with a rapidly-constructed rail bridge alongside.