User:Dave Rave/Victoria Pass

 Mt Victoria Pass  is a descent from the upper Blue Mountains area near Mount Victoria to the Hartley Valley area of Lithgow.

preamble
1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains

Cox's Road
Cox's road was built following the same trail that the 1813 expedition used with a very steep drop down the slope to the valley. It had a minor deviation in the same area

Lawson's Long Alley
Lawson's Long Alley was developed using a descent along a creek valley rather than the end of the promontory.

Lockyers descent
Lockyers descent was then started attempting to ease Lawson's easy descent by making another stupidly steep descent just like COx's. Major Mitchell heard of an option and after inspecting and thinking made the decision to abandon Lockyer's and head across to the other thing and built the new road.

https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/system/files/engineering-heritage-australia/nomination-title/Victoria_Pass.pdf

Victoria Pass
part between two parts, causeway ...

Berghofer's Pass
Victoria Pass was an improvement for straight line distance and built for longevity, but as it was so steep the motor cars of the day didn't cope with the steep grade. A local, Berghofer, built an easy grade ascent below the loine of the pass around 1912.

Gallery

 * pictorial of Berghofers