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Sydney Harbour in the 1920s

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Harold Cazneaux photograph of Sydney city about 1920, c. 1920c. 1920Ernest Stowe Proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19221922Towards Bay Road Station, 1923, c. 1923c. 1923Sydney Ferry BENELON, 19231923HMS Hood in Sydney Harbour, 19241924Opening of Tenders (Sydney Harbour Bridge), c. 1924c. 1924Watching the departure of the Australian Olympic Team on the S.S. "Ormonde", 1924, c. 1924c. 1924Sydney vehicular ferry KOOROONGABBA passing Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction late 1920s1920sHMAS Anzac, Port Jackson, Sydney, c. 1925c. 1925Muscoota (mechanised coal hulk) coaling SS Beltana (Italian Bulletin of Australia, 15 Dec 1926, Page 18), 19251925Untitled, c. 1925c. 1925Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair NSW Governor speaking at laying the foundation stone Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19251925Secretary for Public Works Minister for Railways Richard T Ball lays the foundation stone Sydney Harbour Bridge 26 Mar 19251925Fortuna (mechanised coal hulk) coaling SS Anchises (Italian Bulletin of Australia, 15 Dec 1926, Page 18)1926First Member being placed in position- Lower Chord SLO-L2L, Span No.1, 19261926Granite for the piers of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19261926Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1923–291923–29Stanley, S.B. Purves - photographs of the quarry at Moruya used for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, 1925–271925–27Stanley, S.B. Purves - photographs of the quarry at Moruya used for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, 1925–271925–27Stanley, S.B. Purves - photographs of the quarry at Moruya used for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, 1925–271925–27Stanley, S.B. Purves - photographs of the quarry at Moruya used for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, 1925–271925–27Stanley, S.B. Purves - photographs of the quarry at Moruya used for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, 1925–271925–27Stanley, S.B. Purves - photographs of the quarry at Moruya used for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, 19261926Stanley, S.B. Purves - photographs of the quarry at Moruya used for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, 1925–271925–27Stanley, S.B. Purves - photographs of the quarry at Moruya used for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, 1925–271925–27Construction of eastern skewback for Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19261926Construction of western skewback for Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19261926Photographic print, 19261926Box 37 No. 428. Sydney Harbour bridge, c. 1926c. 1926Corner of Kent Crescent Street, 19271927Construction of railway tunnel approach to Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Ferries and boat during the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Photographic print, 19271927North pivot bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of Span Six of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of Span Two of the southern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Constructing the northern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of southern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge main bearing, 19271927Photographic print, 19271927Construction of Span One and Two of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of the northern main bearing of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of northern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of the northern piers of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of the northern piers of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927North pivot bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Construction of southern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19271927Photographic print, 19271927Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1927c. 1927Early construction, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925–291925–29Sydney Harbour Ferry GREYCLIFFE - remains lifted from harbour after collision with SS TAHITI, 19271927Pouring Fitzroy Street Arch, 19281928Flat top Construction under site for new Scots Church, 19281928Building works Sydney, 19281928Inspecting the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19281928The Colored Idea Band of Sonny Clay arrives in Sydney, 1928 - Sam Hood1928The Coloured Idea Band of Sonny Clay arrives in Sydney, 1928 - Sam Hood1928Steel girders for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19281928Southern approach platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19281928View from southern approach of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19281928
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