Lansdowne Bridge over Prospect Creek, near Liverpool / Charles Rodius
Lansdowne Bridge over Prospect Creek, near Liverpool / Charles Rodius
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Date
between 1835 and 1860
Call Numbers
SSV*/Sp Coll/Rodius/15
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Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 28.4 x 22.3 cm - 1 lithograph
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Full title
Lansdowne Bridge over Prospect Creek, near Liverpool / Charles Rodius
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Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
'C.R.' lithographed lower left hand corner of image. Title in centre, below image. To the left of image: 'Drawn from nature and on stone by Chas. Rodius'. To the right of image: 'I.G. Austin, Lithogr. 13 Hunter St, Sydney, N.S.W. .
Text below title: 'Designed by Mr. David Lennox Superintendant of Bridges. By Order of the Surveyor General of New...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by London Metropolitan Police, 1935
Administrative / Biographical history
Lansdowne bridge was designed and supervised by David Lennox. Born in Ayr, Scotland in 1788 David Lennox was trained as a stonemason and he emigrated to Australia in 1832. He immediately found employment as a mason with the government. In 1832 a sum of 1083 pound was voted for the construction of a bridge at the point where the main Southern Road c...
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Call Numbers
SSV*/Sp Coll/Rodius/15
Record Identifier
YEGmwxVn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGmwxVn
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Reference code
457886
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