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    Graphic - 19 March 1932

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    · 29 Apr 24

    The newspaper clipping from March 19, 1932, in The Graphic, covers the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, highlighting its status as the world's largest spanning bridge at the time. It describes the bridge's specifications and historical significance, marking a major event for the Empire. The construction features elaborate arched designs and provisions for rail and road transit.

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    THE GRAPHIC, March 19, 1932 SYDNEY BRIDGE OPENING Differing views of the worlds largest span: An Empire occasion "down under" to-day THE Sydney Harbour Bridge, ceremonially to-day (Saturday). The first suggestion was made as long ago as 1815. The final design, approved in 1922, is a cantilever bridge with a two-hinged arch of 1,650 feet span—the longest in the world—with five approach spans on either side, the total length of the steel structure being 3,770 feet. The highest point of the steelwork is 440 feet high, and there is a headway for shipping of 171 feet. The bridge provides for four tracks of electric railway, a main roadway nearly sixty feet wide, and two footways.

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    Page 21, Graphic, 19 March 1932, London, London, England.

    Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

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