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The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district (CBD) to the North Shore. The view of the bridge, the Harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is widely regarded as an iconic image of Sydney, and of Australia itself.
Kathleen M. Butler (27 February 1891 – 19 July 1972) was nicknamed the "Godmother of Sydney Harbour Bridge" [1] and also known as the "Bridge Girl". [2] As the first person appointed to Chief Engineer J. J. C. Bradfield's team, as his Confidential Secretary, (a role which today would be called a technical adviser or project planner), she managed the international tendering process and ...
Sydney received 8.2 million visitors in 2016, an 11.4 per cent increase from 2015. The main sources of Sydney's tourists were from north-east and south-east Asia. [3] The Vivid Sydney festival, held annually each winter, attracted 1.7 million visitors in 2015–it is the biggest festival in Australia and one of the biggest of its kind in the world. [4]
Sydney Ferries is the public transport ferry network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales. Services operate on Sydney Harbour and the connecting Parramatta River. The network is controlled by the New South Wales Government's transport authority, Transport for NSW, and is part of the authority's Opal ticketing system. In 2017–18, 15.3 ...
Freeman in 1949 The Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2019. Sir Ralph Freeman (27 November 1880 – 11 March 1950) was an English structural engineer, responsible for the design of several of the world's most impressive bridges.
John Job Crew Bradfield CMG (26 December 1867 – 23 September 1943) was an Australian engineer best known as the chief proponent of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, of which he oversaw both the design and construction.
From 1924 to 1932 Ennis was resident in Australia to manage the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge. [10] [11] Upon his return to Britain in 1932, Ennis was appointed managing director of Dorman Long. [12] Under his tenure the firm built a large steelworks at Warrenby, Redcar. [13] He died in 1938. [14]
The original railway alignment and construction work on the realignment for extension across the bridge can both be seen. As early as 1874, people dreamed of a railway in the North Shore. In that year, a petition was made for a line from Pearce's Corner to Sydney Harbour. When one local was approached, he said: "If I live to be as old as ...