ÿþ <html> <head> <body> <p align="center"> <!-- start desktop table --> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#7B5316"> <tr> <td align="center"> <!-- start outer table --> <table width="750" bgcolor="#B0771F" border="1"> <tr> <td align="center"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <!-- insert photos and captions after this note --> <align="left"> <font size="3" face="Arial, Geneva, Helvetica" color=black> <p> The initial Purgatory Bridge adjacent to Purgatory Station crosses Goanna Creek. <p> <align="center"> <font size="2" face="Arial, Geneva, Helvetica" color=black> <p> Initially, Purgatory Bridge was a plate girder style as seen in these photos. <br> <img src="Plate Girder bridge.jpg" width="290" > <img src="GCgirder.jpg" width="290" > <p> It was modelled on a typical real bridge - Bryan Coppocks' train heads for the coast over the bridge. <p> <img src="M 1-3.jpg" border="0" > <p> The initial bridge's steel fabricated girder bridge was made from the sides of a bread crate. <p> <img src="bread crate.jpg" > <p> The front edge in photo is the side from which the plate girders are made. <p> <align="left"> <font size="3" face="Arial, Geneva, Helvetica" color=black> <b>The NEW Purgatory Bridge</b> was rebuilt to accomodate the points where <br> the spiral meets the mainline adjacent to Purgatory Station. <p> <img src="100_3193.jpg" > <p> The masonary abutment allowed a shorter span in timber girder and corbel. <p> <align="center"> <font size="2" face="Arial, Geneva, Helvetica" color=black> <a> To ride back to <b>Bridges</b> main page, click on your ticket <br> <a href="Bridges.html"> <IMG SRC="Ticket.jpg" width="114" height="61" border="2" alt="ticket icon"> </a> <p> <a> To ride back to <b>Track Plan</b> main page, click on your ticket <br> <a href="Track Plan, Map.html"> <IMG SRC="Ticket.jpg" width="114" height="61" border="2" alt="ticket icon"> </a> <p> <a> To ride back to <b>Description</b> main page, click on your ticket <br> <a href="Description.html"> <IMG SRC="Ticket.jpg" width="114" height="61" border="2" alt="ticket icon"> </a> <! -- close off tables --> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <! -- close off body & html --> </body> </head> </html>