Lapstone Bridge Springwood. Blue Mountains N.S.W.
1900s
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Lennox Bridge, located in the Blue Mountains, was constructed by David Lennox, Sub-Inspector of Roads. The bridge workers partly consisted of 20 convicts selected by Lennox from the road gang and trained by him in stone work as they went along. The semi-circular stone arched bridge was completed in July 1833. It was part of the main road, west across the mountains until the Lapstone deviation opened in 1926. Road traffic continued to use the bridge until 1962 when it became structurally unsound. Restoration began in the late 1970s and the bridge was reopened in 1982. Until the Lapstone deviation of the Western Road was built, this bridge would have been called the Lapstone Bridge.
Title:
Lapstone Bridge Springwood. Blue Mountains N.S.W.
Collector:
Date of work:
1900s
Search dates:
01 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1910
Reference number:
JC51
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Photographs
Part of:
Series: Joyce Cole Collection
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Acknowledge_Penrith_City _Library
General notes:
JC51 : Message reads : This is about four miles from here on the road to Penrith and is very pretty it was built by the convicts in 1833. Love Gordon. Sent to Mrs King, Chesterfield, Waverley, Sydney. The postcard bears a 1penny New South Wales postage stamp and is postmarked Springwood.
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Record types:
Graphic records - Postcards
Record number:
105072