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Bethungra Tunnel
Bethungra may refer to: *Bethungra, New South Wales, a locality in rural New South Wales **Bethungra Spiral, the railway spiral near the locality *Bethungra, Canterbury ''Bethungra'' is a large stone house in Sydney, Australia. It is heritage-listed, and was at one time used as a convent, but now a private residence. The house is located at 9 Fore Street, Canterbury in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local g ..., a house in the suburb of Canterbury, Sydney in New South Wales {{disambiguation Disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethungra, New South Wales
Bethungra is a locality in Junee Shire in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia situated on the Olympic Highway about 13 kilometres northeast of Illabo and 24 kilometres southwest of Cootamundra. History Bethungra Post Office opened on 1 December 1875. Just to the north of the town lies the Bethungra Spiral, a rail spiral built on the Main South railway line to ease the gradients when the line was duplicated between 1941 and 1946. A railway station was located in the town between 1878 and the 1980s, and has now been demolished. NSWrail.net, accessed 29 August 2009. In 1885, an occurre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethungra Spiral
The Bethungra Spiral is a heritage-listed rail spiral near Bethungra, between Junee and Cootamundra, carrying the northbound track of the Melbourne → Sydney railway line. It is a listed heritage item, having been added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The original single-track line, opened in 1878, was graded at 1 in 40 for Sydney bound trains, which imposed a severe limitation on train loads and also caused congestion as bank engines were attached and detached."The Bethungra Spiral Rectification Project" ''Railway Digest'' June 1994 pages 12-15 When the line was duplicated in the late 1940s, an 8.9 kilometre spiral deviation was built. The spiral makes use of local geography in the shape of a convenient hill around which the uphill ("up", or Sydney-bound) track spirals in order to gain the necessary height over a longer distance, thus giving a lesser gradient. However, the fact that the hill is on the "down" (southbound) side of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethungra, Canterbury
''Bethungra'' is a large stone house in Sydney, Australia. It is heritage-listed, and was at one time used as a convent, but now a private residence. The house is located at 9 Fore Street, Canterbury in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area of New South Wales. It was designed by Varney Parkes and built during 1896. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History ''Bethungra'' was constructed for the Quigg family by Varney Parkes, the son of Sir Henry Parkes. Varney Parkes was a Liverpool Council Alderman, State Parliamentarian (1885 - 1913), MLA for Canterbury 1895-1900 and 1907-1913, Postmaster-General (1889 -1899) and successful architect. He trained under the Colonial Architect, James Barnet between 1878 and 1880. He established a successful architectural practice with C. H. E. Blackmann and was responsible for the design of a wide range of buildings over much of urban and rural New South Wales, including hotels, ware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
