Viewpoints – Placecloud Placecloud
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- Society & Culture
Leading cultural researchers tell stories of places around the world. For the full spatial multimedia experience and more episodes visit www.placecloud.io.
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Serisier Bridge
The man behind the name of Dubbo’s low-level bridge was a Frenchman from Bordeaux, France. Jean Emile Serisier was an enterprising man considered a founding father of Dubbo, storekeeper, winemaker, magistrate and wannabe politician. Unfortunately, the bridge named after him has a habit of going under in big floods.
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The LH Ford Bridge
When the LH Ford Bridge was opened in Dubbo in 1969, replacing the old timber ‘White Bridge’ that had provided an east-west crossing since 1866, it was one of the first pre-stressed bridges in NSW and the fourth longest highway bridge in New South Wales. But shortly after its opening, the middle section of the bridge began to sag.
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Dundullimal Railway Bridge
The bridges crossing the Wambuul Macquarie River near the City of Dubbo are built structures that tell a story of the colonial and settler history of the region, through their construction and namesakes. They were built across water and land that has a much older story to tell. This is Wiradjuri Country, the traditional, unceded lands of a culture tens of thousands of years old.
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Dover Esplanade
Archidiocese of Canterbury, United Kingdom. Dover Esplanade, by Tonkin Liu, consists of three bespoke, site-specific sculptural waves that bring a new interactive dynamism to the Esplanade, taking inspiration from Dover’s identity; the gentle nature of waves on the sheltered beach, the rhythmical sweep of the Georgian seafront terrace and the undulating topography of the white cliffs of Dover.
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Singing Ringing Tree
Burnley, United Kingdom. The Singing Ringing Tree is a musical sculpture standing in the wind on a hill overlooking Burnley, designed by Tonkin Liu.
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The Swing Bridge inspired by a bony fish
SalehYemen, United Kingdom. The award-winning Swing Bridge, inspired by a bony fish, provides access to the Crystal Palace Dinosaur Islands.