Erskine Villa - Macquarie Street, circa 1882 - showing the railway bridge in the background
This Structure has fascinated me since we moved to Dubbo in Oct 2014. So I decided to find out what it is all about and I have found out very little and what I information there was, the sources don't agree. The above photo from around 1882 does not show the Pump House? So here is what we have discovered;
from The "Dubbo PhotoNews"
- Since its design by Anglo-Australian railway engineer John Whitton circa 1879 and its construction by Henry Albert Brigg circa 1880, the Dubbo railway bridge has been a pivotal link with outback New South Wales. The adjacent well and pump house were also designed and constructed at this time to provide a permanent source of water for the steam locomotives servicing the west
from The Dubbo Information Centre
- The iron lattice girder Bridge was imported from England in pieces and erected by Benjamin Barnes in 1883-1884. It is the same design as the Wellington and Bathurst Bridges.
- The Pumphouse, with its suction gas plant and attendant water pump, was used to fill the steam engines.
Should anybody know more, please log that information
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