Wilhelm Gerloff built a brewery at the bridge of over the Murray River at Edwards Crossing in 1885, the brewery only lasted a few years and closed in 1888. James Opie also started a brewery in Murray Bridge at the turn of the 20th century.		Murray Bridge Brewery Brewery ID : 5.287.001 Murray Bridge Established : 1885 Closed : 1905 Brewery
The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser 20th February 1885