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Sydney Harbour Bridge turns 90
Historic photos of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as Australia celebrates the 90th anniversary of its opening on March 19, 1932.
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge was bathed in light to commemorate its 90th anniversary on March 17, 2022. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge as seen from McMahon's Point, and its reflection in a puddle. Credit:Jessica Hromas
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The great arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction. It was completed in 1932. Credit:Harold Cazneaux
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Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 1920s.Credit:SMH
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Sydney Harbour Bridge's arches get closer during its construction.Credit:Mrs Frank Smith
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Four men on the northern road approaching Sydney Harbour Bridge before its opening in 1932.Credit:Fairfax Media
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Police officers rush to seize Captain Francis De Groot immediately after he had cut the ribbon. De Groot, a former cavalry officer, spurred his old racehorse from behind a line of NSW Lancers and slashed the ribbon before Jack Lang, the then Premier, could declare the bridge open.Credit:Fairfax
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Francis de Groot is apprehended by police officers after cutting the ribbon, interrupting the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.Credit:SMH
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NSW Premier John Lang cuts the ribbon during the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.Credit:Supplied
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Crowds on the bridge on the day it was opened.Credit:Pylon Lookout
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Engineer John Bradfield tipping his hat from a walkway on the newly constructed Sydney Harbour Bridge.Credit:NLA
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The first vehicles drive through the tolls of the newly opened bridge at midnight on 19 March 1932.Credit:Fairfax Media
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A view from the road before the concrete was poured.Credit:SMH Archives
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A view of the bridge from Pitt Street in 1932.Credit:SMH
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge toll booths.Credit:
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A steam train on the Harbour Bridge during construction in 1930.Credit:Fairfax Media
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Sydney Harbour Bridge toll collectors in 1932.Credit:
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Paul Hogan during his time as a rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1976.Credit:Russell McPhedran
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Wet weather on the bridge. May 26 1983. Credit:Peter Kevin Solness
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Air Oke, 64, in 1980. Mr Oke was one of 76 maintenance staff working on the bridge at the time.Credit:Paul Stephen Pearson