View from bank below
Photographer: William Martinson




View across bridge
Photographer: William Martinson




View of bridge from riverbed - from north west
Photographer: William Martinson




View of bridge from below - from north west
Photographer: William Martinson




Northern abutment
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of paired columns
Photographer: William Martinson




View along bridge deck looking north
Photographer: William Martinson




Rivetted junction
Photographer: William Martinson




Rivetted junction
Photographer: William Martinson




Cast iron makers plate
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of handrail and lattice girder
Photographer: William Martinson




Handrail bracket
Photographer: William Martinson




Rivetted plate detail
Photographer: William Martinson




Junction between end column capital and bridge abutment
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of rivetted column
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of decorative cast iron washer
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of column capital and bridge connection
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of decorative cast iron washer
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of column capital and bridge connection
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of column capital and bridge connection
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of rivetted column
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of column capital
Photographer: William Martinson




Junction of abutment with end column capital
Photographer: William Martinson




Looking west up river through lattice girder
Photographer: William Martinson




Foundation Stone
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of V-cut date: 1879
Photographer: William Martinson




Damaged column capital showing fixing detail
Photographer: William Martinson




Rivetted column
Photographer: William Martinson




Column capital connection detail
Photographer: William Martinson




Oblique view from from north east from N2 bridge alongside
Photographer: William Martinson




View of river crossing from east seen from N2 bridge alongside
Photographer: William Martinson




Column to bridge connection seen from N2 Road bridge to the east - note Rail bridge visible in distant background
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of intermediate connection to allow tube handrail to pass through
Photographer: William Martinson




Socketed end connection to terminate tube handrail
Photographer: William Martinson




'Car chases train across the GREAT KEI RIVER Bridge'.
Title inserted into the silent film titled Kahop Safari compiled by Arthur and Kate Tode (Kahop of Kukuanaland) documenting their road trip through Southern Africa in 1948.

'Screen grab' from "Safari 1948" compiled by Arthur and Kate Tode, in the collection of the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Pennsylvania, USA. Footage located and identified by Denver Webb.

Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Arthur and Kate Tode




Rear view of SAR train crossing the Great Kei Road Bridge in 1948 - traveling from Ndabakazi towards Komgha - with bonnet of car following the train visible in foreground

'Screen grab' from "Safari 1948" compiled by Arthur and Kate Tode, in the collection of the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Pennsylvania, USA. Footage located and identified by Denver Webb.

Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Arthur and Kate Tode




Oblique view of SAR train after crossing the Great Kei Road Bridge in 1948 - traveling from Ndabakazi towards Komgha - on south bank of Great Kei River

'Screen grab' from "Safari 1948" compiled by Arthur and Kate Tode, in the collection of the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Pennsylvania, USA. Footage located and identified by Denver Webb.

Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Arthur and Kate Tode




Bridge from the northern approach with the railway line still in place, circa 1930
Submitted by Bev Young via William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




Photo of single bridge:

This photo was distributed by the Photo Department of the Cape Government Railways, c.1907.

From the Collections of the Parliament of South Africa, Acc No 3146 (100).
Submitted by Lila Komnick

Photographer: Unidentified




Photo of two bridges over the river bed:

This photo was distributed by the Photo Department of the Cape Government Railways, c.1907.

It shows the Road Bridge closest to the viewer, and the Railway Bridge (destroyed in 1917) behind it.
From the Collections of the Parliament of South Africa, Acc No 3146 (113).
Submitted by Lila Komnick

Photographer: Unidentified




Kei Bridge "Road". Approach to wagon bridge from Transkei side of Kei River. Photo postcard by SAPSCO. Circa 1911.
Scanned by Mark Finnigan, June 2019
Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified