The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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, each twenty inches by seven inches. Its entire span was forty feet. The bridge on the right, built of material salvaged from a destroyed A Class Bridge, had a span of thirty feet, and was constructed to take an axle load of fourteen tons, making it available for all traffic, except tanks. Note the sign on the right which reads, `Dead Slow ?tons load, Bridge No. 4 a'.
A bridge in course of construction by Australian Engineers across the Cologne River at Peronne. Built of rolled steel joists and timber salvaged from captured German dumps, it had a total span of 40 f
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
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 alongside a destroyed German brick arch bridge over a railway cutting. This bridge, built by the 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers, was constructed mainly of salvaged German r
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 destro
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
