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- 1893 (Creation)
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9 drawings ; sizes vary.
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Alfred Barton Brady designed the new Victoria Bridge in 1897. Born in England in 1856, Brady migrated to Queensland with his wife in 1884, gaining employment with the Queensland Government in 1885. By 1893, he held the position of Government Architect and Engineer for Bridges with the Public Works Department. In addition to being responsible for the design and construction of the new Victoria Bridge, Brady supervised the construction of the temporary bridge. A paper he wrote on the Victoria Bridge in 1903 won the Crampton Prize of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of which he was a member.
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Collection previously titled as: Drawings of the new Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 1893
Collection alternatively titled as: Alfred Barton Brady Collection.
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Nine engineering drawings of the new Victoria Bridge designed in 1893. Alfred Barton Brady was the Government Architect and Engineer for Bridges and designed Victoria bridge in these drawings. His staff that assisted with the engineering work of the bridge included J. S. Murdoch, T. Pye, and W. J. Ewart. Eight of the drawings have the title New Victoria Bridge over the Brisbane River. Brisbane.
The new Victoria Bridge was the fourth bridge to span the Brisbane River at the spot running between Queen Street on the north bank and Melbourne Street on the south bank. The first structure was a temporary wooden bridge, constructed in 1865, which lasted only 2 years. Construction of the first permanent bridge, old Victoria Bridge, had commenced in 1864, but it did not open until 1874, operating as a toll bridge until 1877. Old Victoria Bridge was destroyed by the 1893 floods. A second temporary bridge was built in 1893, with construction of new Victoria Bridge beginning soon after. The second temporary bridge was washed away in floods in 1896, by which time the new Victoria bridge was nearing completion. The new Victoria Bridge opened in 1897, and it remained in service until replaced by the current Victoria Bridge in 1969, at which time the new Victoria Bridge was demolished. One of the stone archways which flanked the pedestrian access to the bridge remains on the south side of the Brisbane River, near the entrance to the South Bank parklands.
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Item 1. Drawing No. 1 General drawing, linen, name and date in bottom left-hand corner J.S. Murdoch 21.10.93, signed at top of the drawing by Alfred B. Brady, 16.10.93. --
Item 2. Drawing No. 2 Details of abutments, fencing, lamps, etc, linen, signed at top of the drawing by Alfred B. Brady, 18.10.93. --
Item 3. Drawing No. 3 Details of cylinders and bracings to piers, linen, name and date in bottom left-hand corner T. Pye 27.10.93, signed at top of the drawing by Alfred B. Brady, 25.10.93. --
Item 4. Drawing No. 4 Details of cylinders and bracings to piers, linen, name and date in bottom left-hand corner T. Pye and J.S.M. 1.11.93, signed at top of the drawing by Alfred B. Brady, 31.10.93. --
Item 5. Drawing No. 5 Details of superstructure, outer girders, etc, linen, name and date in bottom left-hand corner W. J. Ewart 14.9.93, signed at top of the drawing by Alfred B. Brady, 16.10.93. --
Item 6. Drawing No. 6 Details of centre girders and overhead bracings, linen, name and date in bottom left-hand corner C.T. Stephens 6.8.93 and [indecipherable] W.J.E. 10.10.93, signed at top of the drawing by Alfred B. Brady, 16.10.93. --
Item 7. Drawing No. 7 Diagram plan of piers, etc and details of fenders linen, name in bottom left-hand corner E.H. Alder, signed at top of the drawing by Alfred B. Brady, 31.10.93. --
Item 8. Drawing No. 8 Sections of approaches, name and date in bottom left-hand corner D.B.M. Swaine[?] Oct 1893, s igned at top of the drawing by Alfred B. Brady 16.10.93. --
Item 9. Drawing of outer and centre trusses and loads, no title, unsigned, undated and unnumbered.
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Revised, Linda Justo, 1-Jul-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.