Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

After some 20 years of planning, eight years of building, 95,000 cubic metres of concrete, 17,000 cubic metres of granite, 39,000 tons of structural steel and six million iron rivets, the magnificent Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia was officially opened on Saturday 19th March 1932 by Jack Lang, Labour Party leader in New South Wales.
The contract for construction of the bridge was awarded to Dorman Long & Company on 24th March 1924.
The design was developed in parallel with the New Tyne Bridge in Newcastle-Gateshead England, but derived from New York’s Hell Gate Bridge of 1916.
Most of the steel was manufactured in Dorman Long’s works in Middlesbrough, with fabrication of girders and other parts carried out on site in two workshops at Milson’s Point, now Luna Park. Dorman Long’s tender price, including the distinctive granite pylons, was just under £4¼ million.
The total financial cost of the bridge was not paid off until 1988.

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