Yesterday Today | Macquarie River bridge

By Alan McRae
Updated March 14 2019 - 12:02pm, first published March 11 2019 - 5:00am
SLOW RIVER: The Macquarie River is wide under the Dennison Bridge on this postcard from a private collection.
SLOW RIVER: The Macquarie River is wide under the Dennison Bridge on this postcard from a private collection.

THIS week’s image, from a postcard in a private collection, shows Bathurst’s second major bridge, the Dennison Bridge, spanning the then magnificent Macquarie River.

The bridge was constructed during 1869 and 1870. The familiar willow trees line the riverbank and look how wide the water flowed over a century ago. These days the closed off Denison Bridge still claims the prize as the second oldest metal truss bridge that remains in the state of NSW.

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