Re: Bradfield's Electric City Railway

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:11:27 +0800, "David & Jan Winter"
<winterd@icenet.com.au> wrote:

>Re: Bradfield and Brunel
>
>I did say, "sort of" in light of the very points you make.
>
>Nonetheless, they in their day, were very notable men who got key bridges
>and tunnels into place on their respective railway networks.
>
>The point I'm making is that inasmuch as Britain remembers Brunel as a man
>who did memorable engineering works, so we in Australia should remember
>Bradfield.
 
>DW
 

Don't forget his Brisbane bridges as well as his plan to divert some
QLD rivers west in the same way the Snowy was done.

If you wish to see the cables that held up the Sydney Harbour bridge
before it was joined and became self supporting, check out the
Indooroopilly road bridge over the Brisbane River. I assume the cables
there now are the original cables.

Cheers
Peter Cokley