Hampden Bridge is a suspension bridge across the Kangaroo River, located in the Australian town of Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales. Kangaroo Valley is a town in the Illawarra region of New South Wales in Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven This article is concerned with a particular type of suspension bridge the suspended-deck type The Kangaroo River is part of the Shoalhaven River system in New South Wales, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Kangaroo Valley is a town in the Illawarra region of New South Wales in Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven A well-known local tourist attraction, the bridge features four large crenellated turrets made of locally quarried sandstone.
Hampden Bridge is the only surviving suspension bridge from the colonial period in New South Wales. [1] It was designed by Ernest Macartney de Burgh, the colony's Assistant Engineer for Bridges, to replace the decaying timber truss bridge which originally spanned the Kangaroo River. Ernest Macartney de Burgh (18 January 1863 – 3 April 1929 was an Irish -born Australian civil engineer chief-engineer for water supply and sewerage in New South Construction began in 1895 and the bridge was opened on the 19 May 1898, just six days before floods washed the old bridge away. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [2]
The bridge is named after Lord Hampden, Governor of New South Wales from 1895 to 1899. Henry Robert Brand 2nd Viscount Hampden, GCMG ( 2 May 1841 &ndash 2 November 1906) was Governor of New South Wales The Governor of New South Wales is the representative in the Australian state of New South Wales of Australia's monarch, Elizabeth II, It is 77 metres long (252 ft) and one lane wide.
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- ^ "Hampden Bridge",Kangaroo Valley Tourist Accessed 19 September 2006. Kangaroo Valley is a town in the Illawarra region of New South Wales in Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ "Hampden Bridge, Kangaroo Valley, NSW",Timber Building in Australia Accessed 19 September 2006. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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