John Monash: Engineering enterprise prior to WW1.

Booth St Bridge, Bendigo.
Workmen casting (turning) the Monier arch.
22 June 1901.

Workers take a break from spreading concrete to pose for the camera. Engineers and supervisors are to the fore. Falsework and formwork for the arch are visible, as are portions of the reinforcing mesh.

University of Melbourne Archives BWP/23798
Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Co. Collection.

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