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1895. Basket-handle bridge on nine stone piers over Orange River, possibly at Bethulie | 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''']. NB in the photo there appear to be c.30 footings in the river just beside this bridge suggesting an earlier bridge on the same site. | ||
This [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-circa-1901-damaged-bridge-2 '''photo'''] shows the bridge after it had been destroyed in the Boer War and [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-bridge-over-orange-river-damaged-during-anglo-boer-war '''c.1900 photo'''] with a rapidly-constructed rail bridge alongside. | This [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-circa-1901-damaged-bridge-2 '''photo'''] shows the bridge after it had been destroyed in the Boer War and [https://atom.drisa.co.za/index.php/bethulie-bridge-over-orange-river-damaged-during-anglo-boer-war '''c.1900 photo'''] with a rapidly-constructed rail bridge alongside. | ||
Revision as of 08:31, 24 January 2023
1895. Basket-handle bridge on nine stone piers over Orange River, possibly at Bethulie
1896 Photo here. NB in the photo there appear to be c.30 footings in the river just beside this bridge suggesting an earlier bridge on the same site.
This photo shows the bridge after it had been destroyed in the Boer War and c.1900 photo with a rapidly-constructed rail bridge alongside.
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