The cover this week shows the Transporter Bridge over the Old Harbour of Marseilles. This structure, which is described in the chapter entitled Transporter Bridges, is one of the biggest landmarks in the famous French seaport.
BURRINJUCK DAM was built across a gorge of the Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, just below its confluence with the Goodradigbee River. The dam is 236 feet high, with a width of 168 feet at the base, tapering to 18 feet at the top. The crest of the dam is 780 feet long. There is a spillway on either side of the dam to carry off overflow water, in addition to four 4½ feet valve openings in the base of the dam. The dam, which was completed in 1914, has formed a reservoir with a water surface area of 12,780 acres, with a maximum depth of 200 feet.
