Fairfield Pipe Bridge

The Fairfield Pipe Bridge located just south of the Fairfield Boat House was built in 1878 to carry water from the Yan Yean Reservoir to Kew. The bridge was washed away in the bad floods of 1934. A new pipe bridge was built close to the site of the original bridge. The original pylons were later demolished and no signs remain of the first pipe bridge.

Lacey, Geoff.  (2004). Still glides the stream : the natural history of the Yarra from Heidelberg to Yarra Bend.  Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

Image of Fairfield Pipe Bridge under construction

Fairfield Pipe Bridge under construction [LHRN4691]

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Image of Construction of Fairfield Pipe Bridge 1935

Construction of Fairfield Pipe Bridge in 1935 [LHRN4692]

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Image of Fairfield Pipe Bridge 1935

Fairfield Pipe Bridge 1935 [LHRN4693]

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Image of the Pipe bridge 1934.

The Pipe bridge 1934. [LHRN406]

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Image of The Pipe bridge 1934

The Pipe bridge 1934.[LHRN407]

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