John Monash: Engineering enterprise prior to WW1.

Monier arch bridge, Fyansford. Barrow run on central arch.

A mass of falsework supports the formwork for the arch. Concrete is being spread near the crown. Workers bring it in wheelbarrows along planks supported by flimsy trestles.

'Turning' the central span. Falsework in place.
Workers wheeling barrow loads of concrete (mixed on the bank) along the 'barrow run'.
University of Melbourne Archives BWP/23833
Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Co. Collection

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