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Ernest Macartney de Burgh

Ernest Macartney de Burgh (18 January 1863 – 3 April 1929) was a civil engineer who designed a number of superb bridges (all of them using the De Burgh timbertruss) and dams in New South Wales.
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  • Hampden Bridge, Kangaroo Valley

    Hampden Bridge, Kangaroo Valley

    Opened in 1898, this is Australia's oldest (surviving) suspension bridge.

    AustraliabridgeErnest Macartney de BurghHampden BridgeKangaroo ValleyNSWtravel

  • Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Cataract Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1902 - 1907 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCataract DamErnest Macartney de BurghJohn BradfieldMacarthur RegionNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterWollondilly Shiredams

  • Cataract Dam, Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam, Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1902 - 1907 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCataract DamErnest Macartney de BurghJohn BradfieldMacarthur RegionNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterWollondilly Shiredamslifebuoy

  • Cataract Dam, Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam, Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1902 - 1907 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCataract DamErnest Macartney de BurghJohn BradfieldMacarthur RegionNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterWollondilly Shiredams

  • Cataract Dam, Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam, Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1902 - 1907 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCataract DamErnest Macartney de BurghJohn BradfieldMacarthur RegionNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterWollondilly Shiredams

  • St Albans, Sydney

    St Albans, Sydney

    St Albans Bridge. Built in 1901 to replace another (on the same site) which was washed away in the 1889 flood. Designed by Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghMacdonald RiverNSWSt Albansbridge

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    The second De Burgh's bridge over Lane Cove River (named for Ernest Macartney de Burgh, who designed the original). Opened December 1967.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghLane Cove National ParkNSWSydneybridgedestroyedfire

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1902 - 1907 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCataract DamErnest Macartney de BurghJohn BradfieldMacarthur RegionNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterWollondilly Shiredams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1902 - 1907 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCataract DamErnest Macartney de BurghJohn BradfieldMacarthur RegionNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterWollondilly Shiredamssign

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1902 - 1907 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCataract DamErnest Macartney de BurghJohn BradfieldMacarthur RegionNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterWollondilly Shiredams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cataract Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1902 - 1907 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCataract DamErnest Macartney de BurghJohn BradfieldMacarthur RegionNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterWollondilly Shiredamssign

  • Cordeax Dam, Sydney, Australia

    Cordeax Dam, Sydney, Australia

    Cordeax Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1918 - 1926 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCordeaux DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cordeax Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1918 - 1926 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCordeaux DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cordeax Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1918 - 1926 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCordeaux DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cordeax Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1918 - 1926 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCordeaux DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cordeax Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1918 - 1926 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCordeaux DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Cordeax Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1918 - 1926 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaCordeaux DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Avon Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1921 - 1927 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaAvon DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Avon Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1921 - 1927 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaAvon DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Avon Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1921 - 1927 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaAvon DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Avon Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1921 - 1927 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaAvon DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Avon Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1921 - 1927 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaAvon DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Avon Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1921 - 1927 under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaAvon DamErnest Macartney de BurghNSWSydneySydney WaterWaterdamssign

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Nepean Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1926 - 1935 (including a two year delay during the Great Depression) under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghNSWNepean DamNepean RiverSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Nepean Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1926 - 1935 (including a two year delay during the Great Depression) under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghNSWNepean DamNepean RiverSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Nepean Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1926 - 1935 (including a two year delay during the Great Depression) under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghNSWNepean DamNepean RiverSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Nepean Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1926 - 1935 (including a two year delay during the Great Depression) under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghNSWNepean DamNepean RiverSydneySydney WaterWaterdamssign

  • Sydney, Australia

    Sydney, Australia

    Nepean Dam. Part of the Upper Nepean Scheme, it was constructed 1926 - 1935 (including a two year delay during the Great Depression) under the supervision of Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghNSWNepean DamNepean RiverSydneySydney WaterWaterdams

  • Pioneer Museum Park, Kangaroo Valley

    Pioneer Museum Park, Kangaroo Valley

    Plans for a bridge over the Kangaroo River.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghHampden BridgeKangaroo ValleyKangaroo Valley Pioneer Museum ParkNSWPioneer Museum Parkbridgemuseumsign

  • Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia

    Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia

    Hampden Bridge. Opened in 1898, this is Australia's oldest (surviving) suspension bridge.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghHampden BridgeKangaroo ValleyNSWbridgesign

  • St Albans, NSW, Australia

    St Albans, NSW, Australia

    St Albans Bridge. Built in 1901 to replace another (on the same site) which was washed away in the 1889 flood. Designed by Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghMacdonald RiverNSWSt Albansbridge

  • St Albans, NSW, Australia

    St Albans, NSW, Australia

    St Albans Bridge. Built in 1901 to replace another (on the same site) which was washed away in the 1889 flood. Designed by Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghMacdonald RiverNSWSt Albansbridge

  • St Albans, NSW, Australia

    St Albans, NSW, Australia

    St Albans Bridge. Built in 1901 to replace another (on the same site) which was washed away in the 1889 flood. Designed by Ernest Macartney de Burgh.

    AustraliaErnest Macartney de BurghMacdonald RiverNSWSt Albansbridge

  • Maclean, NSW, Australia

    Maclean, NSW, Australia

    The McFarlane Bridge over the Clarence River. Designed by Ernest Macartney de Burgh, constructed by Mountney and Company 1904-1906.

    It was named for local politician John McFarlane.

    AustraliaClarence RiverClarence ValleyErnest Macartney de BurghJohn McFarlaneMacleanNSWbridge

  • Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains, Australia

    Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains, Australia

    De Burgh's Bridge (sometimes 'De Burgh's Limestone Bridge') across the Jenolan River, near the Grand Archway. Designed by Ernest Macartney de Burgh (as the Engineer of Bridges for the Department of Public Works), constructed 1896.

    AustraliaBlue MountainsErnest Macartney de BurghJenolan CavesJenolan Karst Conservation ReserveNSWSydneybridge

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