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How the Sydney Harbour Bridge could have looked
When it came to ideas to connect Sydney's north and south, ideas included a three-pronged bridge, a pontoon bridge - and even a suggestion to fill in the harbour.
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A Proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge, ca.1903 / design drawing by Norman Selfe.Credit:State Library of NSW
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Crowds cheer from flag bedecked Dawes Point. Two ferries and a North Sydney vehicular ferry pass by, photographs by Sam Hood, 1925.Credit:State Library of NSW
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Crowded ferries "Kurraba" and "Kirribilli" at Circular Quay circa 1900, photographed by William Joseph Macpherson, Credit:State Library of NSW
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George street Sydney, painting by Alfred Tischbauer, 1883.Credit:State Library of NSW
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View of the Heads of Port Jackson N.S.W. looking north from a hill above Vaucluse bay, painted by George Edwards Peacock, 1846.Credit:State Library of NSW
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View of Sydney Harbour Bridge circa 1932-1948Credit:State Library of NSW
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Circular Quay, 1903. A panoramic photograph by Melvin Vaniman.Credit:State Library of NSW
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No. 8 Wellington Street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. VI.Credit:State Library of NSW
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A Proposed bridge from near Dawe's Point, Sydney, to near Milsons Point, North Shore, 1857 / Designed by P.E. Henderson engineer, engraved by S. Lavender.Credit:State Library of NSW
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Nos 25 and 27 Day Street, George Street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900Credit:State Library of NSW
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Plan of Port Jackson showing the site of the proposed floating bridge, 1842 / Edward J. H. KnappCredit:State Library of NSW
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Mr Norman Selfe, Civil Engineer.Credit:State Library of NSW
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Neutral Bay, Sydney Harbour, showing paddle wheel ferry and sailing ship.Credit:State Library of NSW
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An alternate Bridge design by The English Electric Company of Australia.Credit:State Library of NSW
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City and Harbour of Sydney from the heights above Vaucluse, print by G.E. Peacock, 1861.Credit:State Library of NSW
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Alternate Bridge design by McClintic Marshall Products Company, Tender CCredit:State Library of NSW
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Rendering of an Alternate Bridge design by McClintic Marshall Products Company, Tender CCredit:State Library of NSW
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Millers Point, painting by Alfred Tischbauer, 1890Credit:State Library of NSW
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Photograph no 10 Dorman Long and co tender A1, from Sydney Harbour Bridge: Report on Tenders.Credit:State Library of NSW
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Paddle wheel ferries, Milsons Point, Sydney Harbour, 1900-1910.Credit:State Library of NSW