Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge Construction, 1889 Size:38 x 48 cm (A2) its elaborate tracery and monumental

its elaborate tracery and monumental steel trusses reflect the Eiffel Tower in many respects

These include the 100 feet wide foreshore reserves which are such a public asset today

Creator Joseph Lycett

naturalist and intrepid explorer

Source: Smithsonian Museum

Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge Construction, 1889 Size:38 x 48 cm (A2) its elaborate tracery and monumentalCreator Charles Bayliss Date 1889 Charles Bayliss (1850 1897), one of Australia's great nineteenth century photraphers, captured this epic tableau of images fo the Hawkesbury River Bridge under construction, prior to opening in 1889. The bridge was the third largest ever, constructed in the world. It was built by an American firm, the Union Bridge Company of Brooklyn, New York, when American engineering proess was buoyed by recent completion og New