Images

Riggers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction, photo by Ted Hood, 1931. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

Proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge, watercolour on 3 sheets of paper, on canvas lining, by Norman Selfe, c. 1903. Norman Selfe (1839-1922) was an Australian engineer, naval architect, inventor, urban visionary. In 1902...

The proposed bridge from near Dawe's Point, Sydney, to near Milsons Point, North Shore, sketch by P. E. Henderson, engineer, 1857. State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

The two arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge coming together. The photo was taken from the approach to the then-tram terminus at the wharf at McMahons Point, c. 1930. Royal Australian Historical Society.

Australian engineer John Job Crew Bradfield (1867-1943), glass plate negative, 1934. Bradfield was the visionary behind the design and construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. National Library of Australia, Canberra.

Captain Francis De Groot (1888-1969), a member of the fascist New Guard group, rode a borrowed horse and slashed the ribbon with his cavalry sword at the opening ceremony for the Sydney Harbour Bridge (March...

Aerial view of Sydney, Australia and Circular Quay on the day of the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, photo by E. W. Searle, 19 March 1932. National Library of Australia, Canberra.

Workers on the southwestern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, photograph by the New South Wales Department of Public Works, printed by Alfried James Kent, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932. Powerhouse...

Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, with two airplanes-Charles Ulm's "Southern Sun" & a Gypsy Moth. Photomontage by Edward Searl. The aeroplanes were added to the already dramatic image of the two halves...

Circular Quay (Sydney, Australia) showing trams, six K-class ferries, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, c. 1930s.