THE PROUD ARCH : The Story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

by Ellyard, David and Wraxworthy, Richard

First Edition

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Book description: Kensington, N.S.W., Australia: Bay Books, 1982. 160pp., b/white halftone historic photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, with mild tanning. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper minimally scuffed, '50th Anniversary 1932-1982' sticker to front. "Fifty years after its opening day, 19 March, 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is still an engineering marvel, one of the all-time great construction feats of the world . . . Promoting, planning and building the Bridge occupied forty years of the professional life of Australian engineer John Bradfield . . . behind it the work of 2000 men: the riggers, rivetters, boilermakers, foremen and engineers and stonemasons and the ghosts of sixteen men who died on the job. Thoroughly researched . . . " Book weight approx. 335g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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