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31D 1865 Line: Mihi Crossing Area
WORKING PLAN MIHI DEVIATION 1867 Planned deviation not detailed; only approximate. Actual trajectory unknown. Series: 17924 Land Resumption Files Item 140807 & 140808 QSA
AERIAL PHOTO MIHI CROSSINGS AREA 1946 Ipswich City Council Series 1946 QImagery
MINING MAP OF MIHI CROSSINGS AREA 1899 It would appear that the second bridge was still in use at this stage, but merely as a siding. There were no mines on the west side of the Mihi but coal remnants suggests that it was used for coal all the same. Author/Creator: H. W. Fox Author/Creator: Walter E Cameron State Library of Queensland Record number: 21124835610002061
FIRST & SECOND MIHI CROSSINGS FROM ABOVE. QGIS Vectors based on 1863 & 1867 Working Plans (Alister J Cameron) Underlay: 1946 Aerial Photo, QImagery
FIRST & SECOND MIHI CROSSINGS FROM ABOVE. QGIS Vectors based on 1863 & 1867 Working Plans (Alister J Cameron) Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap)
First Mihi Creek Crossing
Culvert Immediately South-East of First Mihi Crossing
LOOKING SOUTH-EAST ALONG ORIGINAL ALLIGNMENT OVER CULVERT 2011 Built-up Workshops area has obliterated former route from here onwards. Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TOWARDS FORMER EASTERN ABUTTMENT OF MIHI CREEK BRIDGE 2014 Photo: Alister J Cameron
CULVERT AREA VIEWED FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION LOOKING WEST 2014 North-east portal is in shadow area on right. South-west portal is somewhere amongst vegetation below white-trunked gum. Photo: Alister J Cameron
SOUTH-WEST PORTAL OF CULVERT 2014 Only just visible because of soil build-up. Photo: Alister J Cameron
NORTH-EAST PORTAL 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF NORTH-EAST PORTAL 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
INSIDE CULVERT LOOKING SOUTH-WEST 2018 15 meters in length. Note sandstone at bottom and brick arch. Photo: Alister J Cameron
INSIDE CULVERT LOOKING NORTH-EAST 2018 Remnants of portal can be seen inside the entrance. Photo: Alister J Cameron
AREA ABOVE NORTH-EAST PORTAL 2018 Fed by more modern culvert further up slope. Plenty of railway junk; mainly oil drums. Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER RAILWAY JUNK IN CULVERT AREA Includes bricks, ash and a small piece of machinery. Photo: Alister J Cameron
COPPER TUBING OFFCUTS CULVERT AREA 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
First Mihi Creek Bridge
ILLUSTRATION OF FIRST TRAIN CROSSING THE ORIGINAL MIHI CREEK BRIDGE 1865 In the foreground is the home of Premier Macalister at Woodend. Illustrated Sydney News 15.7.1865, p13
DESIGN ORIGINAL MIHI CREEK BRIDGE 1863 source: Qld Railway Archives
FIRST MIHI CROSSING AREA 2010 Eastern buttress is on left masked by foliage. Western buttress can just be seen. Mihi Creek is out of sight in between. The Bremer River is top left. Photo: Alister J Cameron
SITE OF FORMER EASTERN BUTTRESS OF ORIGINAL MIHI BRIDGE 2017 Line came through to right of trees middle top of photo. Hidden by vegetation though not much remains of original formation. Modern day sewarage pipe is on the far left. Photo: Alister J Cameron
SITE OF WESTERN BUTTRESS LOOKING EAST 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING EAST DOWNHILL ALONG THE ORIGINAL ALLIGNMENT TOWARDS THE WESTERN BUTTRESS 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING ALONG THE ALLIGNMENT WESTWARD 2013 Passed through grove of trees in distance. Photo: Alister J Cameron
WESTERN ALLIGNMENT VIEWED FROM THE NORTH Photo: Alister J Cameron
Culvert Immediately South-West of First Mihi Crossing
GROVE OF TREES MARKING THE SITE OF FORMER CULVERT 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
MASONRY BLOCKS SCATTERED BELOW SITE OF FORMER CULVERT 2017 Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF ONE OF THE BLOCKS 2017 Mason's peck marks can clearly be seen. Photo: Alister J Cameron
POSITION OF SINK HOLE POSSIBLY RELATED TO BURIED CULVERT UNDERNEATH 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
Second Mihi Creek Crossing (Deviation)
TIMBER PILE REMNANTS OF SECOND MIHI BRIDGE 1965 South-west buttress can clearly be seen. Picture Ipswich Document ID: 15155
SAME AREA EARLY 2000s Photo: Alister J Cameron
PREDESTRIAN BRIDGE WAS BUILT ON SITE OF SECOND MIHI BRIDGE IN 2008 Scanned at Ipswich Council Library 5 March 2018
STUMPS OF PILES STILL IN EXISTENCE IN FOUNDATION OF NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE 2010 Photo: Alister J Cameron
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE LOOKING EAST 2018 Walkway was designed so as to look similar to the original Warren Trusses of the first bridge. The second bridge was possibly just a timber trestle type. Photo: Alister J Cameron
ONE OF REMOVED PILES FROM SITE OF SECOND BRIDGE PRESERVED BY THE COUNCIL AFTER REMOVAL TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. Attached metal point assisted in the pile-driving process. Photo: Alister J Cameron
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FROM THE SOUTH 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
EASTERN APPROACH TO CURRENT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE 2014 Path to bridge and bridge itself approximately follow original rail allignment. Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSER VIEW OF PEDESTRIAN PATH & BRIDGE FROM EAST 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FROM THE WEST 2017 Photo: Alister J Cameron
PATHWAY HEADING SOUTH-WEST FROM PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE 2013 Roughly follows the original allignment of the deviation Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOCATION WHERE ORIGINAL ALLIGNMENT & DEVIATION JOINED 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
A VERY CLEVER SCULPTURE REPRESENTING THE HISTORY OF THE AREA. Made up of old metal railway caste-offs. Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron