Re: Bridge not too far from a new image

["William Pearce" <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au>]

    To Yuri,
  Yes, that was from me.
  When this bridge was in use, and my memories of it go back before the war,
it was always known as the Port Melbourne bridge, the giving of the name
'Sandridge Bridge' was done by someone ignorant of railway history!
                             Bill.

"Yuri" <steam4me@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:10:53 +1100, "William Pearce"
> <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> >Why is the Sandridge bridge so called? It was built in 1888, Sandridge
> >became Port Melbourne in 1884, so none of the trains that ran over this
> >bridge ever had Sandridge as a destination!
>
> Hmm, that's what a letter to "The Age" said as well.  Yours?  I didn't
> read the signature.