Distant view from the adjacent double decker road and rail bridge (1934) to the east
Photographer: William Martinson - 2015




Stockpile of precast bridge segments
Scanned photograph from the East London Museum collection

Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




Beam crane in pre-cast yard with stockpile of bridge segments
Scanned photograph from the East London Museum collection

Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




View from north bank of Buffalo River with launching girder
Scanned photograph from the East London Museum collection

Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




View towards bridge over First Creek - from North bank
Scanned photograph from the East London Museum collection

Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




View from south - aka West - bank
Scanned photograph from the East London Museum collection

Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




Crane mounted on pier to facilitate balanced cantilever construction using precast concrete box elements
Scanned from photographs in the East London Museum collections
Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




Oblique aerial view of bridge under construction
Scanned from photographs in the East London Museum collections
Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




View of completed bridge from east
Scanned from photographs in the East London Museum collections
Submitted by William MARTINSON

Photographer: Unidentified




Granite name plaque on the east bank approach to the bridge
Photographer: William Martinson - 2016




Commemorative plaque on the east bank approach to the bridge
Photographer: William Martinson - 2016




Oblique view from east Bank of the north-east side of bridge
Photographer: William Martinson - 2018




Underside of road deck
Photographer: William Martinson - 2018




Oblique view from east bank of the north-west side of bridge - with NSRI Dolos and anchor in foreground
Photographer: William Martinson - 2018




One of the precast concrete bridge sections set aside as a memorial on the West Bank of the river. The commemorative plaques originally mounted within the bridge section are all now unfortunately removed
Photographer: William Martinson - 2019




Photograph of the completed bridge framed by the single precast concrete bridge segment placed on the West bank as a memorial, circa 1975.
From Aiden Dreyer collection
Submitted by William Martinson

Photographer: Unidentified




An article from the Daily Dispatch at the commencement of construction in September 1973
Article scanned by Glenn Hartwig from the cutting collection at the East London Public Library
Submitted by William MARTINSON






Placing Precast Concrete Bridge Segment
Submitted by Wessels Frank via William Martinson

Photographer: Unidentified