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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. A CLASS 9 PILE BRIDGE BUILT OVER THE KALUMALAGI RIVER BY 35 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. IT IS 315 FEET LONG WITH 19 SPANS, EACH OF 15 FEET. A CENTRE SPAN OF 30 FEET IS RAISED 14 FEET ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ENDS OF THE BRIDGE TO ALLOW BARGE TRAFFIC. LOCAL TIMBER WAS USED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION.
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. BUILT BY 4 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, THIS CLASS 12 PILE BRIDGE WAS ERECTED OVER THE TAUT RIVER IN THE RECORD TIME OF 16 DAYS. THE BRIDGE IS 420
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-06-11. LOOKING DOWN ON THE BRIDGE REPAIR SLIPWAYS AT THE MOUTH OF THE KALUMALAGI RIVER, IN 5 BASE SUB-AREA. THE BRIDGE IS ARCHED TO ALLOW TRAFFIC THROUGH TO SLIPS.
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. A 75-FOOT TRUSS SUSPENSION TYPE BRIDGE BUILT OVER A SMALL CREEK NEAR THE TAUT RIVER BY 13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. IT HAS A SPAN OF 54 FEET AN
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-27. AN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY POLICEMAN REGULATING THE TRAFFIC ACROSS THE NEW BRIDGE OVER THE KALUMALAGI RIVER BUILT BY PERSONNEL OF THE 13TH FIELD COMPANY.
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-09. A NEW HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE BEING BUILT OVER THE KALUMALAGI RIVER BY TROOPS OF THE 13TH FIELD COMPANY. ON THE RIGHT CAN BE SEEN THE BARGE SLIPWAY WHICH IS ALSO BEIN
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