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Panmure Bridge Auckland 1859

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Date

[1867]

Artist

Walter Scarlett Hatton (1873-1938)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23253575

Description

A large steel-framed bridge over a river, with a hill opposite with several houses

The date of this watercolour, six years before the bridge was built (1865), further upholds the view that Hatton's work is consistently copied from engravings in the Illustrated London News. An almost identical wood engraving was published in the Illustrated London news on October 12 1867, p. 405 (supplement). The wood engraving shows a group of men and women standing on the river bank near the bridge in the left foreground. These people are absent in Hatton's version.

A description of this bridge 576 ft long and 21 ft wide on the Tamaki River which is navigable by vessels of considerable size' is printed in the Illustrated London News, 12 October 1867 - 'Swing bridge gives clear opening of 40 ft., made with abutment stones imported from Melbourne and ironwork from Sydney. Designed by W Weaver, engineer-in-chief of Auckland Province; contractors McNeil and Wilson. Cost £17,000. Built 1865'.

Other Titles - 1865 1867

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Panmure Bridge Lagoon Drive, Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand

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Tags

Rivers
Bridges

Category

Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

Also known as the Tāmaki River Bridge

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