The 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers constructing a trestle bridge over the railway ...

Accession Number E03687
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Hindenburg Outpost Line Area, Vendelles
Date made 25 September 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers constructing a trestle bridge over the railway cutting at Vendelles. The bridge was completed on 28 September 1918 and was built alongside a destroyed brick arch bridge. The materials used were salvaged from captured German dumps.

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