Catani Bridge
The Herald, April 26, 1926 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243594544
Catani Bridge
A Correspondent suggests that one of the bridges over the Yarra, existing or to be constructed, should be named the Catani bridge, in honor of the engineer who in his lifetime took such an active interest in the beautification and preservation of the banks of the Yarra.
The suggestion will, no doubt, recommend itself to many citizens of Melbourne who are aware of the public service rendered by Mr Catani. It was no chance that gave his name to the lake at Mt. Buffalo. He loved the plateau, and was always planning to improve it as a pleasure resort.
(The Herald, April 26, 1926, see here)
One hundred years after this brilliant suggestion, there is still not a bridge over the Yarra River named after Carlo. There is a town, a lake, the aforementioned gardens at St Kilda and some streets named for Carlo, but he deserves a bridge as well. The closest we have is the Catani Archway in the Catani Gardens at St Kilda, but it is a pedestrian bridge, not a vehicular one. I have written, in conjunction with my colleague Isaac Hermann, about this archway here - https://victoriancollections.net.au/stories/carlo-catani-an-engineering-star-over-victoria/st-kilda-foreshore-gardens
The Catani Archway, the closest we can get to a memorial to Carlo
in the form of a bridge.
Image: Isaac Hermann.
