Snake Gully Bridge Traditional Cache
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A small cammo (soft drink can size) with log, pen, small swaps, and a pathtag for the FTF. Please replace as found (don't put lid on too tight), and watch kids, due to high speed traffic. FTF - Storm Chasers...Silver - Adrian Mc...Bronze - ducat
Snake Gully Bridge
The bridge is one of the largest stone bridges in good condition in South Australia. It is important also for the way in which it displays nineteenth century craftsmanship. Opened in 1874, this barrel-vaulted bridge has a rock-faced limestone arch and stone parapets and is built on foundations of solid rock. All stone was quarried from the nearby hillside. The water opening is approximately five metres by seven metres at its maximum. The Kaurna tribe lived by the Little Para, where Snake Gully Bridge is located, on One Tree Hill road, where there were and still are permanent springs and waterholes. Little trace of the Kaurna people is left today, however some place names in the district serve to remind us: The Little Para waterway and the suburbs of Para Hills and Para Vista are derived from Pari, the Kaurna word for water. The suburb Yatala Vale uses the Kaurna word, Yatala, which means water running by the side of the river.
HISTORY OF THE SNAKE GULLY BRIDGE.
In January 1873, the SA Government called for tenders to build a stone bridge over the Little Para River. The contract was let to a J Coad of Chain of Ponds on 11th March 1873. He was to receive 684 pounds 10 shillings and the job to be completed by 1st July 1873. There was a penalty clause of 2 pounds per day if he failed to complete the work on time. Apparently the penalty clause was not enforced, because Coad was paid on 20th February 1874, the actual cost including extras being 724 pounds 5 shillings. The Foundation Stone was placed by a Miss McEwin on May 3rd 1873. The Tea Tree Gully correspondent to the “SA Register” writes on the 3rd February 1874: “One of the prettiest bridges in the colony is to be opened soon by Miss Gaylard, daughter of the Chairman of the Tea Tree Gully District Council. The bridge is a connecting link between the electoral districts of Gumeracha and Yatala.” The bridge was duly opened on Wednesday 11th February 1874, amid due pomp and ceremony.
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