Taipo River Bridge Piers, 1993

About this image

Description13 kilometres west of Jacksons on State Highway 73
The first Taipo River Bridge on the West Coast of the South Island was constructed in the 1860s. However, this was subsequently destroyed in a flood and a replacement structure was built in 1886. The rail bridge consisted of timber trusses and concrete filled cast iron cylinder piers.

The only remnants of this bridge, designed by Francis William Martin, the Public Works Department’s Resident Engineer based in Greymouth, are two sets of its piers. Unusually, these piers were integrated into the present steel plate girder road bridge.
Taipo River Bridge Piers, 1993.Geoffrey Thornton Photographic Collection, IPENZ.PhotographerGeoffrey ThorntonDate of PhotoBetween 1st January 1993 and 31st December 1993Map^[1]External LinkTaipo River Bridge Piers (G. Thornton).pdfContributorHeather Newby

Shown in this image

Location (city or town)Taipo RiverLandmark (Place)Taipo River bridge

Category Information

Category TagBridge

OCR Text Transcription Edit Edit +-Close

Editing is temporarily disabled

Cancel Edit

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel

Menu

Taipo River Bridge Piers, 1993

Editing is temporarily disabled