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The start of the construction
This was the start of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. That is so called the "coathanger". -
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The Construction and Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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The continuation of the construction
This the process wherein the construction of the bridge is in. -
Continuation of construction
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Continuation of construction
was great excitement on 20 August 1930 after the arch was successfully joined at 10pm the night before. The steel decking was then hung from the arch and was all in place within nine months, being built from the centre outwards to save time moving the cranes. -
Continuation of construction.
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Continuation of construction.
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As the project neared completion, the last of approximately six million Australian made rivets were driven through the deck.
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The bridge was test loaded using up to 96 steam locomotives placed in various configurations.
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Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
This was the first time the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened. The official opening day on Saturday 19 March 1932 was a momentous occasion, drawing remarkable crowds (estimated between 300,000 and one million people) to the city and around the harbour foreshores. The NSW Premier, the Hon. John T. Lang, officially declared the Bridge open. However, the Premier enlivened proceedings when Captain Francis De Groot of the para-military group, the New Guard, slashed the ribbon prematurely with a sword. -
The celebration.
The opening celebrations included a vast cavalcade of decorated floats, marching groups and bands proceeding through the city streets and across the deck in a pageant of surprising size and quality, considering the economic depression.
The celebrations continued with a gun-salute, a procession of passenger ships under the Bridge, a 'venetian' carnival, a fly-past, fireworks, sports carnivals and exhibitions. After the pageant the public was allowed to walk across the deck…an event not repeated u
