Leycester Creek railway bridge, Lismore

Leycester Creek railway bridge
Location of Leycester Creek railway bridge in New South Wales
Location North Coast railway, Lismore, City of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 28°48′08″S 153°16′16″E / 28.8021°S 153.2712°E / -28.8021; 153.2712Coordinates: 28°48′08″S 153°16′16″E / 28.8021°S 153.2712°E / -28.8021; 153.2712
Owner Rail Infrastructure Corporation
Official name: Lismore railway underbridges
Type state heritage (built)
Designated 2 April 1999
Reference no. 1044
Type Railway Bridge/ Viaduct
Category Transport - Rail

Leycester Creek railway bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge on the mostly closed Murwillumbah railway line in Lismore, City of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by RailCorp, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

History

The bridge was built by contractors Crosbie, Marquand and Co.[2] The contract included both the Leycester Creek and Wilson's Creek bridges, the contractors accepting £20,708 to build the two bridges, later increased to £22,110.[3][4] Construction suffered various delays, such as damaged and broken iron cylinders, but was finally completed in October 1892.[5][6][7] It was claimed at the bridge's completion that it was the first steel bridge in the country.[8] The railway over the bridge opened in May 1894.[4]

The bridge has been disused since the closure of the Murwillumbah railway line in 2004.[9]

Description

The bridge consists of a steel three-span truss along with three sets of timber viaducts over the flood plain, with 1x12,1x16 and 1x17 spans.[1]

Heritage listing

The Lismore bridges and viaducts are a fine set of bridges all in one location demonstrating the problems of building railways in this flood prone area dating from 1892.[1]

Lismore railway underbridges was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lismore railway underbridges, New South Wales State Heritage Register (NSW SHR) Number H01044". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The Sydney Morning Herald (16, 531). New South Wales, Australia. 18 March 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "The Banquet". The Richmond River Herald And Northern Districts Advertiser. 5, (246). New South Wales, Australia. 27 March 1891. p. 8. Retrieved 20 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1 2 "THE LISMORE-TWEED RAILWAY". The Sydney Morning Herald (17, 521). New South Wales, Australia. 16 May 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Lismore". The Sydney Mail And New South Wales Advertiser. LII, (1626). New South Wales, Australia. 5 September 1891. p. 552. Retrieved 20 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "The Northern Star". The Northern Star. 17. New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 20 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "LATEST TELEGRAPHIC". Clarence And Richmond Examiner. New South Wales, Australia. 1 October 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Lismore". Australian Town And Country Journal. XLV, (1189). New South Wales, Australia. 29 October 1892. p. 14. Retrieved 20 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Last train: The day our rail service fell silent". 16 March 2017. Northern Star. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

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This Wikipedia article was originally based on Lismore railway underbridges, entry number 01044 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

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