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Date: c. 1890 Client: Cape Government Railways Style: Industrial Archaeology Status: Destroyed 1901

See more photographs The original rail bridge of under-slung lattice steel girders damaged by the Boers during action of the South African (Anglo-Boer) War. This was later replaced to carry the heavier freight which travelled the line (see Rail Bridge over the Modder River).