Lennox Bridge, Parramatta

Have you been through the South Portal yet? Its only in 3 dimensions though!

Nice job Bridge foreman - wondering where the painting is now..?

TUESDAY TIME MACHINE: Bridge foreman, Frank Mitchell, with his completed artist impression of the Lennox Bridge in Parramatta, which carries Church Street over Parramatta River. The Bridge was built in 1839 by David Lennox. This photo was taken in August of 1983.

(📸 Transport For NSW)

Take Away Message: City of Parramatta when the eastern concrete balustrade was removed / demolished for major works in 2011-12 were the light posts or any part retained in the Museum of Parramatta?

MONDAY MEMORIES: Who remembers the old Chinese restaurant next to the Lennox Bridge on Church Street? This shot was taken in October 1974.

(📸 NSW Archives)

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Parramatta: The Lennox Bridge on Church Street is one of the oldest bridges in Australia. Opened in 1839. Engineered by Scottish-born bridge builder, the colony’s superintendent of bridges, David Lennox. Before the bridge was approved, he wrote: “I hope some plan will be approved of, for I am tired of it before the work is commenced...I will bear the blame if it either takes double the time in doing or falls down.” Work began building the bridge in 1836. While Mr Lennox’s convict labour built the bridge, he was comissioned to lay nine boundary stones to mark the Parramatta parish boundary. The work was part of the Towns Police Act. Some of the boundary stones still exist today. You can visit five of Parramatta’s boundary stones: 1. Parramatta Park - near Domain Creek - next to the railway line. The inscription no longer exists on this boundary stone 2. Inside historic Hambledon Cottage - it too has no inscription. You’ll find the cottage on Hassall Street. 3. Next to the cyclway on Alfred Street at Rosehill - one block away from historic Elizabeth Farm 4. Alongside the Parramatta River, under the James Ruse Drive - not far from Western Sydney University. I accessed the boundary stone by walking from the Tramway Avenue light rail stop via the Parramatta cycleway. This boundary stone has some graffitti - it reads: PARRAMATTA Sir Geo Gipps Knight GOVERNOR 1839 5. Northmead - Inside Burlington Memorial Park, Boundary Road ie the dog park The Parramatta boundary stones are sometimes mistaken for Sydney’s mile markers. After building bridges in western Sydney, the governor sent David Lennox to Melbourne’s Port Phillip district where he built 53 bridges across a decade. Upon his retirement, parliament voted him a gratuity of £3000. He return to Parramatta and built his forever-home at 39 Campbell Street Parramatta where he lived for the final 20 years of his life. You’ll find the home still standing today - it’s located across the road from Westfield Shopping Centre in Parramatta. The home now houses a pyshiotherpy business. Six years before his death - in 1867 - the Municipality of Parramatta officially named the Church Street bridge, the ‘Lennox Bridge’.

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