Volume 02: Sydney Harbour Bridge, tying back the arch, the creeper cranes, the workshop, constructing the pylons, the big three - Bradfield, Ennis and Freeman, and others / [compiled by D. J. Fraser, photographs produced by the Government Printer]

W. H. Lush Sydney Harbour Bridge construction, 1924-1933

1-12. Tying back the cantilevers
13-18. Slackening and removing the cables
19-20. Coiling the cables and shipping them to Brisbane
21-22. Assembling a creeper crane and its start from a pylon
23-24. "Winch?" at top of arch - its exact purpose ??
25-34. Dismantling a creeper crane
35-50. The workshop
51-52. Moruya - granite quarry, camp, dressing stone, pylon concrete
53-76. Building pylons - granite and concrete work
77. J.J.C. Bradfield and Mrs Bradfield
78. Lawrence Ennis and Bradfield, Ralph Freeman
79. Bradfield at rolling of first steel for the bridge. Bradfield at first concrete batch for pylon foundation
80. Bradfield and Ennis at start of the arch
81. Bradfield, Ennis and Freeman inspecting crown pin
82-84. Bradfield, Ennis, Freeman and others at crown for closing arch
85-93. Bradfield and others inspecting the work
93-94. Last stone being placed, on northern pylon
95-96. Bradfield on steam loco crossing the bridge
97-98. Bradfield, Ennis and others at North Sydney with official train

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