Road to Lapstone Hill
Notes: title from album page written below photo.
A swagman climbs a well made gravel road, past a high, rock cutting and an old post and rail fence, on what appears to be Mitchell's Pass below Lennox Bridge.
Mitchell's Pass was named by Gov. Bourke in 1832 after the explorer, surveyor and road builder, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. It was the main route to the west from 1834 when Lennox Bridge was built, until 1926 when the Knapsack Viaduct was adapted for use as a road bridge.
Format: albumen silver photoprint, 6“ x 8“ (150 mm x 203 mm), photographer unidentified.
Date Range: c. 1880
Location: Mitchell's Pass, Lapstone
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection, The J B North Album
Provenance: purchased in a album
Links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mitchell_(explorer)
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDe...
Road to Lapstone Hill
Notes: title from album page written below photo.
A swagman climbs a well made gravel road, past a high, rock cutting and an old post and rail fence, on what appears to be Mitchell's Pass below Lennox Bridge.
Mitchell's Pass was named by Gov. Bourke in 1832 after the explorer, surveyor and road builder, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. It was the main route to the west from 1834 when Lennox Bridge was built, until 1926 when the Knapsack Viaduct was adapted for use as a road bridge.
Format: albumen silver photoprint, 6“ x 8“ (150 mm x 203 mm), photographer unidentified.
Date Range: c. 1880
Location: Mitchell's Pass, Lapstone
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection, The J B North Album
Provenance: purchased in a album
Links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mitchell_(explorer)
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDe...