Early Tasmanian Bridges | Roy Smith | 1969 [USED – HCDJ – Good]

Roy Smith's history of the early masonry bridges built in Van Diemen's Land — examining their origins, construction and their remarkable resistance to Tasmanian flood events over more than a century of service.

The bridges documented include the convict-built stone bridges that still stand across the island — the Ross Bridge (1836), the Richmond Bridge (1823, the oldest bridge in Australia still in use), and the Red Bridge in Campbell Town (1838), directly beside which The Book Cellar now operates. All three were built using convict labour under colonial government direction, and all three continue to carry traffic today.

Smith examines the engineering, the materials, the builders and the floods they have withstood — with photographs of the bridges throughout.

At 107 indexed pages, published by the Institution of Engineers in 1969, this is a compact but authoritative engineering history of structures that are among the most significant surviving pieces of convict infrastructure in Australia.

Out of print and not commonly found.

BOOK DETAILS

• Hardcover with dust jacket.
• 107 pages, indexed.
• Photographs throughout.
• Published 1969. Out of print.

CONDITION

Used, generally good condition with some wear to the edges of the dust jacket and a few signs of age.

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DELIVERY & IN-STORE PICKUP

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