Re: movable-span bridges

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Derick Wuen wrote:
 
> John Duncan McCallum wrote in message <37E611E3.F4498199@melbpc.org.au>...

> snip

> >The Causeway as used by the Perth trams had three sections, two were low
> >level and the third, at the Victoria Park end, had a raised section for
> >river traffic. It was replaced by the present Causeway with two sections
> >in the early 50s after the trams had ceased.

> >John McCallum
 
> Was the "raised section" a movable span?

No. It was raised in the sense that it was higher than the other spans.
It had quite a hump.

John McCallum