SYDNEY'S GREAT HARBOUR BRIDGE, TO BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TO-DAY.
A STRIKING PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPLETED SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE, TO MARK THE OPENING OF WHICH A WEEK OF CELEBRATION IS TO BE HELD IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES CAPITAL. Thia picture is particularly interesting in that it shows the new P. &O. luxury 22,500-ton liner Strathnaver berthing at Sydney, with the harbour bridge towering above Taken from the city side the view show..the' J" 1 Ind while ferry boats travelling to and from the harbour suburbs can be seen passing the Strathnaver. Work on the bridge was commenced in March, 1924, and the total cost has been nearly , , • traffic and a footwalk 15 feet wide, feet above sea level. It is the greatest engineering task of it, kind ever completed. On the bridge deck provision is made for four lines of railway, a main roadway 35 feet: wide, a separate:mo tor road 18 feet wideforfast traffic and ajot walk Tha spectacular Carnival, commencing with the official opening to-day, will include as main attractions, pageantry m the air and on the land and the sea, the Royal Agricultural Show and the Easter race meeting at Kand
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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194SYDNEY'S GREAT HARBOUR BRIDGE, TO BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TO-DAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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