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Date: 1894-6 Type: Railway Bridge Status: Ruin   Click to view map Coordinates: 27°15'54.08" S 29°46'22.98" E

Move << up  the old NZASM line to the previous bridge or move down >> to the next one View all the NZASM South Eastern Line Bridges Comprised a single span steel girder of 50m manufactured by the Union Steel Works of Dormund, Germany. It was blown up by the NZASM blasting experts who had previously served with the Corps of Engineers of the Netherlands army, in the Great Retreat in February to September of 1900, but by July of that year repaired by the ROYAL ENGINEERS. It has been replaced with contemporary concrete structure. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference NZASM South-Eastern Line Bridge over the Zandspruit De Jong, RC, Van der Waal, GM & Heydenrych, DH. 1988. NZASM 100 : 1887-1899, the buildings, steam engines and structures of the Netherlands South African Railway Company. Pretoria: C. Van Rensburg Publications on behalf of the Human Sciences Research Council. pg 195, 196, 232