The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A double bridge erected across the Somme Canal, at Brie, by Australian Engineers. It was constructed to take an axle load of 17 tons, all traffic except tanks, and though built on the site of a destroyed bridge of an entire span of sixty feet, had only a span of forty seven feet. Lieutenant F. F. Christian MC, who represented the Chief Engineer of the Australian Corps, in the construction of this bridge, is seen coversing with two American Officers on the left of the structure.
A working party engaged on parallel bridges built across the Cologne River, at Peronne, by Australian Engineers. The structure on the left was a Tank Bridge, built of four salvaged rolled steel joists
A double bridge across the Somme, at Brie, constructed by Australian Engineers to replace the one destroyed by the retreating enemy. The bridge was an 'A' Class, with a 60 foot span, carrying a 17 ton
Two parallel bridges built by Australian Engineers across the Somme Canal near Peronne, during the Australian advance in September 1918. The near side bridge, with a span of 60 feet and built to take
Two parallel bridges spanning the Cologne River at Peronne. The far side timber trestle bridge had a span of 54 feet, and was built to take an axle load of eight tons. The near side structure - known
A bridge built across a railway cutting near Vendelles, in France, by the 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers, with materials salvaged from captured German dumps. This structure, built alongide
A double bridge at Brie across the Somme Canal, constructed by Australian Engineers to replace the one destroyed by the Germans.
