1870 PANORAMA IPSWICH CITY REACH LOOKING WEST
Note the original station far left and workshops on the right.
Note also the Railway Wharf Branch on the north bank of the Bremer.
Picture Ipswich
Reference ID: WHD-015-NEG-1516
Formerly of Whitehead Studios.
THE THREE BREMER BRIDGES FROM ABOVE
Line arrangement 1910s-1930s
Ausmap Qld Globe background; QGIS vector overlay (A.J.Cameron)
DESIGN DRAWING ORIGINAL BREMER ROAD-RAIL BRIDGE 1865
QSA Series ID 1748 IID 620309
DESIGN DRAWING ORIGINAL BREMER ROAD-RAIL BRIDGE 1877
One of Handyside & Co's drawings of the first Bremer River Bridge.
Matherson, Ewing 1877 "Works in Iron", p85
SECTION MAP BREMER RIVER TO TIVOLI COAL BRANCH DEVIATION
Source: Qld Railways Archives
DESIGN DRAWINGS CONVERSION OF ORIGINAL BREMER BRIDGE TO VEHICLE ONLY 1902
Scanned Ipswich Council Library
ORIGINAL BREMER ROAD-RAIL BRIDGE c1860s-70s
ARHS(Q) - S.W.Petlord Collection.
"Triumph of Narrow Guage"
John Kerr
Boolarong Publications
1990, p8
"125 Years of State Public Works in Queensland 1859-1984"
Ian Cameron
Director-General,
Premier's Department
Queensland
Boolarong Publications
1989
ORIGINAL BREMER BRIDGE AFTER CONVERSION c1915
Note the two railway bridges to the right
Source: Vintage Queensland
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BREMER RAIL BRIDGE 1896
Original Road-Rail Bridge in the background.
Agency Control Number: QSA0164; X51, plate 41, PB0.081
NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED SECOND BREMER BRIDGE (RAIL ONLY) c1897
John Oxley Library
Record 244102
1897 BREMER RAIL BRIDGE c1910
Looking south
Original bridge on left has been converted to vehicle only
The Workshops Rail Museum
QMN/QR Collection
CONSTRUCTION OF THIRD BREMER BRIDGE 1913
Constructed on pylons attached to and matching previous bridge.
Original bridge in rear has now been converted to vehicle only.
In background on north bank of river remains of Railway Wharf can still be seen.
Agency Control Number: QSA0167; X1743, plate 6, PA75.77
BREMER RAIL BRIDGES 1919
Bridge on near side was completed in 1915.
It is a stronger bridge as evidenced by its larger girders
Picture Ipswich Reference ID
qips-2009-07-16-0008p.jpg
DEMOLITION OF SECOND BREMER BRIDGE 1988
1915 Rail Bridge is on left, northern abuttment of original bridge on right.
Picture Ipswich, Reference ID
qips-2013-03-27-0038p.jpg
Heiner Road Overbridge
DESIGN DRAWING HEINER RD OVERBRIDGE 1863
Conveyed main road from Original Bremer Bridge over Wharf Branch
Source: Qld Railways Archives
HEINER ROAD BRIDGE 1991
Looking south-east along the Hancock Branch
At the time only used by railway employees to access the Ipswich North Yard.
From Ipswich Heritage Study 1992.
Picture Ipswich ID 15771
HEINER RD ABUTTMENTS 2011
In the middle of the Riverlink Shopping Complex
Photo: Alister J Cameron
What Is There Now
REMAINING SOUTH BUTTRESS OF ORIGINAL BREMER BRIDGE 2011
Note fragment of bitumin on top from previous road.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
REMAINING NORTH BUTTRESS OF ORIGINAL BREMER BRIDGE 2012
Incorporated into Riverlink Shopping Centre.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
1915 RAIL BRIDGE 2018
Bradfield Pedestrian Bridge to rear.
Riverlink Shopping Centre on northern bank
Photo: Alister J Cameron
BRADFIELD PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE 2018
Built on pylons of demolished 1897 Rail Bridge.
1915 Rail Bridge at rear is still operational
Abuttment of original bridge is visible on right.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
BRICK ARTEFACTS FROM SOUTH BANK OF BREMER RIVER UNDER RAIL BRIDGE
