Some of the material and appliances for the viaduct over Staircase Gully.
Caption: Some of the material and appliances for the viaduct over Staircase Gully.
Description: Construction on the Midland Railway Line. The contract for building the viaduct was with the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. The foundations for the viaduct over Staircase Gully were commenced about March 1904 but the viaduct wasn't completed until around 1906.
Related information: Refer to article on p. 36, 38, 30 and 40 of The weekly press, 19 October 1904.
Source: The weekly press, 19 Oct. 1904, p. 39
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