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31C2C The North Ipswich Railway Wharf Branch
NORTH IPSWICH RAILWAY WHARF BRANCH 1870 Top left is the original road-rail bridge with the Ipswich City Wharves below it on the left. On the right are the original Ipswich Railway Workshops. Leading down from it is the branch with the actual wharf sidings just visible. The wharf has two cranes, a smaller mobile one and larger static one. Picture Ipswich Reference ID: WHD-015-NEG-1516
THE NORTH IPSWICH WHARF BRANCH FROM ABOVE. Underlay is Qld Globe via Ausmap. Superimposed QGIS vectors: Alister J Cameron
AERIAL VIEW OF RAILWAY WHARF BRANCH SITE 1935 Picture Ipswich; Reference ID WHD-013-NEG-0650
WORKING PLAN PROPOSED COVERED PLATFORM FOR GOODS (NORTH IPSWICH WHARF) DATE UNKNOWN Probably never constructed. P15 QSA 2521713
DESIGN DRAWING OF WHARF DATE UNKNOWN Shows addition of large static crane. QSA Item ID 2521528 Drawing of Goods Platform at Wharf
BREMER ROAD-RAIL BRIDGE 1865. Note railway wharf to right of left-hand pilons QR/TWRM, p35 "The Bremer River" Robyn Buchanan
REMAINS OF WHARF, IPSWICH CITY REACH 1907 "The Bremer River" Robyn Buchanan 2009
REMAINS OF WHARF IN DISTANCE BEHIND BOAT (THE ECLIPSE) 1936 Picture Ipswich Reference ID qips-2008-08-02-0006p.jpg
WHARF AREA FROM NORTH-WEST 2019 Site of branch is on the left, site of wharf is amongst trees on the right. Photo: Alister J Cameron
WHARF AREA FROM THE NORTH-WEST 2013 Taken from elevated position at Riverlink, through underneath Trumpy Road Bridge. Photo: Alister J Cameron
SITE OF FORMER JUNCTION OF WHARF SIDINGS VIEWED OF NORTH-EAST 2019. Timber structure bottom left marks a culvert area which possibly replaced the original bridge. If this is the case, points would have been further right. Photo: Alister J Cameron
WHARF AREA FROM ACROSS RIVER 2013 Trumpy bridge is far left, masonry foundation of former crane far right. Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF CRANE MASONRY FOUNDATION FROM ACROSS RIVER 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
MASONRY FOUNDATION OF CRANE LOOKING WEST 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
MASONRY FOUNDATION OF CRANE Alister J Cameron
MASONRY FOUNDATION LOOKING EAST 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
REMAINS OF VERTICAL PILE 28 METRES WEST OF CRANE FOUNDATION 2013 Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSUP OF VERTICAL PILE 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
THE TWO REMAINING VERTICAL PILES; WEST OF MASONRY FOUNDATION 2022 Photo: Alister J Cameron