McDesme (north), Home Hill (south), Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia
Followed by
Burdekin Bridge
Characteristics
Total length
830 yd 1 ft (37.7 chains; 759.3 m)
No. of spans
129[1]
History
Construction start
1912[2]
Construction end
1913
Construction cost
£18,000
Opened
8 September 1913
Location
The Inkerman Bridge was a railway bridge over the Burdekin River between McDesme and Home Hill, both in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. It was in operation between 1913 and 1957 after which it was replaced by the Burdekin Bridge (also known as the Silver Link).[3][4]
^"The Linking Up of the Lines". Bowen Independent. Vol. 10, no. 583. Queensland, Australia. 9 August 1913. p. 2. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"The North Coast Railway". Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette. Vol. XLVI, no. 7114. Queensland, Australia. 21 August 1913. p. 1. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Burdekin Bridge". Burdekin Shire Council. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^"North Coast Railway Line". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Vol. XXX, no. 9623. Queensland, Australia. 10 September 1913. p. 6. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
The InkermanBridge was a railway bridge over the Burdekin River between McDesme and Home Hill, both in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. It...
The Battle of Inkerman was fought during the Crimean War on 5 November 1854 between the allied armies of Britain and France against the Imperial Russian...
and Townsville had the InkermanBridge over the Burdekin River from McDesme to Home Hill which was built in 1913 followed by bridge for road traffic in 1930...
link between North and South Queensland. The Silver Link replaced the InkermanBridge which is set just above the river bed. It was regularly covered and...
the Don and Burdekin rivers. Water levels reached 10 m (33 ft) at InkermanBridge along the Burdekin River. Heavy rains across the Fitzroy River basin...
were seriously depleted as a result. A second Russian counterattack, at Inkerman in November, ended in a stalemate as well. The front settled into the siege...
part in the Crimean War, participating in the fighting at the Alma river, Inkerman, and Sevastopol. For their involvement in the Crimean War, four members...
raions, and parts of Sevastopol's federal territory (most notably the city Inkerman) were merged into ten reformed raions.[full citation needed] The ten enlarged...
Line) Battle of Inkerman, 5 November 1854 Battle of Eupatoria, 17 February 1855 Battle of the Chernaya (aka "Battle of Traktir Bridge"), 16 August 1855...
Division) on the Inkerman Heights overlooking the Chernaya river. The attack on 26 October (the battle became known as 'Little Inkerman') proved a successful...
turbogenerators. Older plants in operation include the Sevastopol TEC (close to Inkerman) which uses AEG and Ganz Elektro turbines and turbogenerators generating...
North Atlantic. The bridge and wheelhouse were at the forward end, in front of the captain's and officers' quarters. The bridge stood 8 feet (2.4 m)...
under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Haines at the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 during the Crimean War. A second battalion was raised...
FIRST LINE OF THE LIGHT CAVALRY CHARGE OF BALACLAVA AND AT THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN, 1854. HE DIED AT TREDEGAR PARK FEBRUARY 9TH 1874 AGED 28 YEARS. –Memorial...
Jat War 1825–26 Siege of Bhurtpore 1825–26 (Bharatpur) Crimean War Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Abyssinia New Zealand Wars New Zealand, Second Anglo-Afghan...
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