Heritage Darlington Point | Bridge over the Murrumbidgee

By Mona Finley
Updated December 18 2018 - 10:50am, first published December 14 2018 - 12:30pm
MODERN MARVEL: Some of the crowd assembled on the newly opened bridge on June 29, 1905.
MODERN MARVEL: Some of the crowd assembled on the newly opened bridge on June 29, 1905.

THE construction and opening of a bridge across the Murrumbidgee River was a key event in the development of the town of Darlington Point. The crossing had previously had to be made by punt or, earlier still, by fording the stream at a suitably shallow point. Both methods presented potential difficulties and dangers.

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