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  Strategic Location - Bridgewater, Nova Scotia - Bridgewater Development Association
Bridgewater, Lunenburg County is the largest centre on Nova Scotia’s South Shore (land area of 13.35 square km).
Bridgewater is well serviced with a number of carriers offering flatbed, commodity, container and warehousing transportation services for commercial, business and industry requirements.
Bridgewater is serviced by Trius Tours Limited and you can view the schedule for Bridgewater and area on their website.
www.smartbridgewater.ca /location.htm   (1096 words)

  
 Bridgewater convict site heritage-listed. 13/07/2006. ABC News Online
The building was established in 1828 to house convicts constructing the Bridgewater causeway crossing on the River Derwent.
The convicts were housed in wooden barracks overlooking the river, close to a sandstone quarry.
It is estimated more than 1,800 convicts worked on the causeway, which took more than six years to complete and was regarded as the largest convict-built civil engineering project in the Australian colonies.
abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200607/s1686099.htm   (176 words)

  
  Glenorchy, Tasmania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Glenorchy CBD also has three major indoor shopping centres, Northgate Shopping Centre, Glenorchy Central Shopping Centre (Centro), and the smaller Glenorchy Plaza.
The City of Glenorchy spans the area along the Derwent River, from just north of the Queens Domain in the south, to the Bridgewater Causeway in the north, and extends west as far as the foothills of Mount Wellington.
As Well as the city having an annual regatta, it also hosts the annual Royal Hobart Show and the Hobart Cup.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glenorchy,_Tasmania   (333 words)

  
 Little Hills Press | Travel Info | TAS: Hobart
Head north along the Brooker Highway past Claremont and the Cadbury factory, and then take the Lyell Highway at Granton.
Granton is where you can see the Bridgewater Causeway which was built by convict labour.
The news-print mills here supply about half of Australia's news-print.
www.littlehills.com /travel_information/tas.hobart.shtml   (4253 words)

  
 Somerset Towns, Villages & History :: somerset4u/wikipedia
In the Domesday Book it was recorded as Lega, a name still used throughout the country in the modern form, "Leigh", such as the villages of Lower Leigh, Middle Leigh and Overleigh to the south of the town.
In the 12th century the Roman causeway from Glastonbury (part of the Fosse Way) was renewed, giving Street its name from the Latin "strata" - a paved road.
The Society of Friends established itself there in the mid 17th century and among the close knit group of Quaker families were the Clarks: Cyrus, who started a business in sheepskin rugs, later joined by his brother James, who introduced the production of woollen slippers and, later, boots and shoes.
www.somerset4u.com /history/somerset4u_BriefHistory.htm   (4690 words)

  
 Walkabout - Bridgewater
Originally known as Green Point it is likely that Bridgewater was named as a simple description of the causeway which was built across the shallow section of the river.
Upon completion of the causeway, a ferry or punt operated across the deep section of the river.
The first bridge at this point across the Derwent was opened in 1849 and the town, which had been laid out on the southern side of the river, was moved (down to the last surveying detail) to the northern bank.
www.walkabout.com.au /locations/TASBridgewater.shtml   (594 words)

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