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Shire of Toodyay > Records

RINGA RAILWAY BRIDGE

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B&W photograph of Ringa Railway Bridge on old line from Clackline before standard gauge.
Timber structure, fence in foreground bush wood and wire netting.
The small structures protruding from the bridge are safety retreats which would be used by workers on the track to avoid any trains that were passing.

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cwa-org-37-2001.981

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Photographic Paper

Width

22.3000 cm

Height or length

16.6000 cm

Contextual Information

The Eastern Railways narrow gauge spur line between Toodyay and Clackline was completed in 1887.
The Ringa railway bridge was built as a part of the infrastructure for this line and was in use until the line closed in 1966.
It was replaced by the new standard gauge line that was built along a new route through the Avon Valley directly linking Toodyay to Perth.

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