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词条 Lansdowne Bridge
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  1. History

  2. Description

  3. Legacy

  4. Heritage listing

  5. See also

  6. References

      Bibliography    Attribution  

  7. External links

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The Lansdowne Bridge is an heritage-listed road bridge that carries the Hume Highway across the Prospect Creek at Lansvale in the City of Fairfield local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built from 1834 to 1836 by David Lennox. It is also known as Lennox Bridge. The property is owned by Roads and Maritime Services, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 June 2000.[3]

Opened in 1836, it has the largest span of any extant masonry bridge in Australia. The bridge is also considered to be one of the finest examples of Colonial architecture in Australia.[4]

History

Lansdowne bridge was designed and supervised by David Lennox. Born in Ayr, Scotland in 1788 David Lennox was trained as a stonemason. He worked on Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge at Anglesey in Wales and on Gloucester Bridge where he learnt the sound construction principles he used on his Colonial projects. He emigrated to Australia in 1832.[3]

He immediately found employment as a mason with the government. While working at the Legislative Council Chambers in Macquarie Street, Sydney, Lennox met the Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell.[3]

The Surveyor-General lost little time in submitting Lennox's credentials to the Governor, describing him as "a very well qualified person recently arrived in the Colony." Acting on Mitchell's recommendation, Governor Bourke provisionally appointed Lennox as a Sub-Inspector of Bridges at a salary of 120 pounds per annum. In June 1833 the position was confirmed by London as Superintendent of Bridges.[3]

In 1832, the Surveyor-General at the time, Sir Thomas Mitchell, commissioned Lennox for a sum of A£1,083[5] to build a bridge at the intersection of Prospect Creek and Southern Street,[4][3] which would replace the nearby "Bowler's Bridge" named after Lansdowne's local innkeeper.[6] The sandstone used in designing the bridge was found in a quarry only {{convert|11|km}} from the proposed site of the bridge, allowing workers to row a punt to transport the stone to the construction site.[3]

In July 1833 Lennox told Mitchell of a mutiny that had occurred at the quarry while he had been away on an inspection tour. Some of the convicts had rebelled and had consumed the contents of a nearby liquor still. Returning to the camp drunk they threatened to kill the supervisor and destroy the camp and quarrying equipment. The police from Liverpool were called and arrested the offenders. Retribution at Liverpool Court was swift and savage; those who were spared the chain gang received up to fifty lashes of the "cat".[3]

On 1 January 1834, Governor Bourke visited the site of the bridge to lay the foundation stone. Within hours of the laying of the inscription plate it was stolen. Lennox made arrangements to obtain a duplicate plate but the original was found and restored to the bridge.[3] The foundation stone was laid on 1 January 1834. The bridge was constructed entirely by unskilled Australian convicts, despite Lennox's numerous requests to Mitchell for skilled labourers.[6] The bridge was completed a year later in 1835, and opened on 26 January 1836, the 48th anniversary of the Colony of New South Wales, before a crowd of around 1,000.[4][6] Later, Richard Bourke, the Governor of New South Wales, wrote that the bridge had cost only A£1,000 to build, compared to the A£7,000 it would have taken to build a bridge of the same quality in England.[6]

On 7 June 1834 Lennox applied for more labourers, the bridge being at a stage where the centring could commence. This was the construction of a rigid timber frame to hold each stone in place until the arch became self-supporting. It was a critical process and any inaccuracies would cause instability or collapse the arch.[3] Upon receiving a report that the bridge was nearing completion, Governor Bourke selected Tuesday, 26 January 1836 for the official opening date, as this coincided with the 48th anniversary of the Colony's foundation. The Lansdowne Bridge was not ready for several months as the Toll House was not complete. Once tolls started to be collected however, the bridge soon recovered its cost and in 1844 annual receipts were 685 pounds.[7][3]

Description

A large sandstone arched bridge spanning the Prospect Creek. The single arch has supporting buttresses. The clear span is 110 feet while the clearance above mean water level is 76 feet at the centre. It has curved abutments and approaches, while the parapets and mouldings are simple and devoid of unnecessary ornamentation. Some of the radiating voussoirs are quite large in size measuring up to eight feet in length.[22][3]

Legacy

In 1973, Australia recognized Lansdowne Bridge for being "one of the finest examples of Colonial Architecture in Australia".[4] In 1990, the Environmental Management Committee Fairfield Council confirmed that Lansdowne Bridge had the largest span of all masonry bridges in Australia and in 1992 that it was an example of excellent construction, which should be preserved.[4][8] Lansdowne Bridge is also listed on the Register of the National Estate[9] and on the National Historic Engineering Landmark list.[6]

Heritage listing

As at 8 November 2000, Lansdowne Bridge is considered to be one of the finest examples of Colonial Architecture in Australia as well as David Lennox's masterpiece of design.[10] Lansdowne Bridge was built by convicts during 1834 to 1836. The sandstone arch has the largest span of any surviving masonry bridge in Australia. The size, appearance and durability make this bridge an outstanding example of colonial engineering.[11][3]

Lansdowne Bridge was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 June 2000 having satisfied the following criteria.[3]

The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.

Lansdowne Bridge is considered to be one of the finest examples of Colonial Architecture in Australia as well as David Lennox's masterpiece of design.[10]Lansdowne Bridge was built by convicts during 1834 to 1836.[12][3]

The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

The sandstone arch has the largest span of any surviving masonry bridge in Australia. The size, appearance and durability make this bridge an outstanding example of colonial engineering.[12][3]

See also

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  • Boothtown Aqueduct

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32145336 |title=The Laytons, Female Emigrants. |newspaper=The Sydney Monitor |volume=VIII, |issue=633 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 January 1834 |accessdate=11 September 2016 |page=2 (MORNING) |via=National Library of Australia}}
{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12848457 |title=DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. |newspaper=The Sydney Herald |volume=III, |issue=227 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 December 1833 |accessdate=30 December 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12853766 |title=The Sydney Herald. |newspaper=The Sydney Herald |volume=VI, |issue=442 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 January 1836 |accessdate=10 September 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
{{Cite book | title=Historic buildings vol III Liverpool and Campbelltown | date=1963 | publisher=Cumberland County Council | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/28123654 | accessdate=10 September 2016 | pages=47–51}}
3. ^10 11 12 13 14 {{cite NSW SHR|5051374|Lansdowne Bridge|hr=01472|fn=S91/01711|accessdate=2 June 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=4301042|title=Lansdowne Bridge over Prospect Creek|date=7 July 2014|publisher=New South Wales Department of Roads and Maritime|accessdate=3 November 2015}}
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2208948 |title=Votes and Proceedings. |newspaper=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser |volume=XXX |issue=2192 |date=11 October 1832 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/system/files/engineering-heritage-australia/nomination-title/Lennoxs_Lansdowne_Bridge_Nomination.pdf|title=Lennox's Lansdowne Bridge|publisher=The Institution of Engineers Australia|date=March 1986|access-date=6 November 2015}}
7. ^George 1982
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/upload/uwshv69639/Hume_Hwy_No45_Lansdowne_Bridge.pdf |title=Historical Archaeological Sites – Lansdowne Bridge |publisher= Fairfield City Council |date= 15 July 1992 |access-date=3 November 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022320/http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/upload/uwshv69639/Hume_Hwy_No45_Lansdowne_Bridge.pdf |archivedate=17 November 2015}}
9. ^{{cite book |title=The Heritage of Australia: the illustrated register of the National Estate |publication-date=1981 |publisher=South Melbourne The Macmillan Company of Australia in association with the Australian Heritage Commission |author=Australian Heritage Commission |isbn=978-0-333-33750-9 |page=2/24 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10431032 }}
10. ^{{cite book|last=Sheedy|first=D|date=1973|title=National Trust Classification Card - Lansdowne Bridge}}
11. ^Environmental Management Committee Fairfield Council 1990
12. ^Environmental Management Committee Fairfield Council 1990

Bibliography

  • {{cite web|author=|date=2007|title=Lansdowne Bridge|url=http://www.visitnsw.com.au/Operator.aspx?ProductId=9019502}}
  • {{cite web|author=Attraction Homepage|date=2007|title=Lansdowne Bridge|url=http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4301042}}
  • {{cite book|last=Sheedy|first=D|date=1973|title=National Trust Classification Card - Lansdowne Bridge}}
  • {{cite book|author=Environmental Management Committee - Fairfield Council|date=1990|title=Heritage Conservation in Fairfield City - Meeting notes}}
  • {{cite book|last=George|first=Vance|date=1982|title=Fairfield: a History of the District}}

Attribution

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External links

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