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| 65 |
Nepean River |
| 66 |
Nepean River |
| 67 |
Nepean River |
| 68 |
Nepean River |
| 69 |
Bridge across Parramatta River, Sydney |
| 70 |
Zig Zag |
| 71 |
Valley of the Grose |
| 72 |
Govett's Leap Falls |
| 73 |
Govett's Leap |
| 74 |
Katoomba Falls |
| 75 |
Cascade, Katoomba |
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Photographs - New South Wales, circa 1885
| Title |
Zig Zag |
| Reference |
Y3086J/70 |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1885 |
| Extent and Medium |
Fair condition, fading in from edges. |
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| Content and context |
190 x 140 mm. A view of the Lithgow zigzag, a spectacular piece of railway engineering by John Whitton, on the descent from the Blue Mountains. The viaducts, opened in 1869 and cut through heavy rock, allowed the railway to descend on a gradient of 1 in 42 by three parallel sweeps across the face of the ravine. The zigzags were replaced by tunnels in 1910. |
| Further information |
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For more on the Zig Zag see Y3086C/28 and Y3086E/51.
Indexed
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| Index Terms |
| Australia |
| Blue Mountains |
| New South Wales |
| Oceania |
| No further on-line information. |
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