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Swan Hill Lift Bridge
Swan Hill Road,, SWAN HILL VIC 3585 - Property No B6941
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The Swan Hill Bridge is historically, scientifically, socially and aesthetically significant at State level. It is composed of a central steel lift span, flanked by large timber through-truss spans and with timber-beam approach spans at either end. When built in 1896 it represented the very latest and most sophisticated Australian design, both in its lift-span technology and its Allan trusses. Designed by the leading Sydney bridge engineer, Percy Allan, it was built by the prolific
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B6941
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