Talk:Lake Mulwala

The dam was created in 1939 but the bridges across it were built in 1889-1891, 1917 and 1924? I don't get it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 10:05, 19 October 2006 (talk • contribs) 152.91.9.115


 * What don't you get? The river was an obstruction. Somebody built a wooden bridge across it around 1889, completing it in 1891. Some time later, for reasons not stated in the article, that bridge needed replacing. A newer bridge was built commencing in 1917 and not completed until 1924. That bridge was high enough to still be above the water level when a dam was built slightly downstream of it in 1939.


 * There is a photo of the current bridge at the bottom of but it does not clearly show the dip and bend. A photo of the original bridge   shows it to be similar to many other bridges across the upper Murray such as the two photos of the Tooleybuc bridge on Murray River crossings. --Scott Davis Talk 07:44, 19 October 2006 (UTC)