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Sydney Harbour Bridge arch span
Second span in course of construction.
Sydney Harbour Bridge arch cables
Showing immense cables which helped to hold the arches in position until they finally met.
Sydney Harbour Bridge creeper crane
Showing the creeper crane at extremity of the arch.
Sydney Harbour Bridge riveters at work
Showing the riveters at work. Note the vast number of rivets.
Sydney Harbour Bridge riveters at work
Looking from the North Shore towards the city.
Sydney Harbour Bridge arches in construction
The stone wall encloses a small portion of the Botanic Gardens. The bridge is shown being built from each end (North & South) towards the centre. The creeper cranes are conspicuous. On the right a steel member is being hoisted into position. A very artistic study.
Sydney Harbour Bridge arches joined together
Of great historical interest.The photograph shows the final operation in the joining of the two spans.
Sydney Harbour Bridge arches joined together
Of great historical interest.The photograph shows the final operation in the joining of the two spans.
Sydney Harbour Bridge central hangers
The two central hangers in position. The beginning of the operations for making the railway track and roadway.
Sydney Harbour Bridge floor in construction
Showing progress of work in construction with floor of bridge. A Burns Philp boat passing under the bridge. These boats go to Java & Singapore.
Sydney Harbour Bridge floor in construction
A view that is now a memory. In the building of the roadway the centre hangers were first placed into position. The hangers are the slender uprights. Yhe joining of the arch was the 'BIG THING'. The making of the roadway was simple from an engineering point of view.
Sydney Harbour Bridge floor in construction
Pylon on the left and creeper crane in position in connection with roadway construction.
Sydney Harbour Bridge floor in construction
Shows men at work on floor of bridge. Roadway in centre, two sets of rail tracks & footways at either side. Looking towards the city.
Sydney Harbour Bridge floor in construction
Looking through the bridge, showing the immensity of the steelwork.
Sydney Harbour Bridge approach
A view of the immediate approach to the bridge.
Sydney Harbour Bridge approaches
Showing the approaches with railway & pedestrian tracks.
Sydney Harbour Bridge approach
Showing the approach from North Shore.
Sydney Harbour Bridge steel work
An impressive massed effect which suggests the tremendous weight of steel in the bridge. The pylons at each end are yet to be completed. Photo taken from the North Shore side.
Laying of foundation stone
Ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the University of Adelaide's Mitchell Building, Wednesday 30 July 1879. The Governor Sir William F.D. Jervois is seated left of the frame from which is suspended the marble foundation stone above a base of Sydney freestone. Many of the 700 guests seated in a specially constructed gallery can be seen amidst the crowd estimated at 2000 people gathered for the occasion. The official party on the dais includes Sir Thomas Elder, Chancellor of the University, Bishop Augustus Short, Vice-Chancellor (the Chief Justice Samuel Way), Treasurer the Hon. Henry Ayers and the architect W. McMinn. (The 'Register' and 'Advertiser' newspapers for 31 July 1879 reported the occasion in full, including the texts of all speeches.).
H.G. Carthew
Photograph of Mrs Heather Jean Carthew (nee Smith) taken in the studio on her wedding day in 1944. The image may have been created at Arthur's Studio the day after her wedding. Heather Jean married Hedley Geofrey Carthew at the Rendelsham Presbyterian Church 3 August 1944. Geof Carthew born 13 November 1915, was the son of Thomas Edgar Carthew and Florence Ethel (nee Foster) of Rendelsham. Heather, born 13 May 1921, was the daughter of Sydney Stewart Menzies Smith and Ivy Florence Mabel (nee Poole), of Rendelsham. She was a great-grandaughter of James and Christina Smith of Rivoli Bay and Mount Gambier.
Ron Hahn
Photograph of Mr and Mrs Hahn taken in the studio on their wedding day in 1944. Mr Hahn is wearing the uniform of the Australian Army.
L. Gissing
Photograph of L. Gissing taken in 1940. He is wearing the uniform of the Royal Australian Air Force. (A Lionel Harry Gissing, born in 1914 at St Kilda, Victoria enlisted in the R.A.A.F. in 1934 and was discharged in May 1945, his rank then being Warrant Officer and his last posting at RAAF CSUHQ (Sydney).
The 'Grasmere' under tow
The iron barque 'Grasmere', 1304 tons, under tow [steam tug Defiance, wooden ss, 64 gross tons. ON83635. 83.0 x 18.0 x 7.2 (after 1905 49 gross tons) Built 1881 (7) Rock Davis, Blackwall, Brisbane Water NSW. Owners (acquired from Sydney March 1889) WR Cave, registered Port Adelaide, March 1889, The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. Vessel broken up in 1930. Further background see Steam Tugs in South Australia by Parsons, 1972] [Grasmere = iron ship, 1364 gross ton, ON74488, 226.0 x 36.1 x 22.1. Built 1875 (12) Whitehaven, SB Co. Whitehaven. Owners: Fisher and Sprott, registered Liverpool. By the mid 1880s had been rigged down to a barque, and by 1910 had been sold to Norwegians who retained the same name. Although said to have been employed regularly in the Australian trade for many years apart from three trips to New Zealand (in 1883, 1885, and 1887 each time under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company), information of her activities in Australia has proved difficult to locate. 'Last of the Windjammers' Vol. 1 p.168 and 170 notes some brief detail. (In which he draws a wrong conclusion, saying that her lengthy trips were a result of being rigged as a barque, against similar ships being rigged as a ship. The longest elapsed time for the trip was when she was rigged as a ship, her quicker times being after she was rigged down)].
The 'Shannon' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The composite ship 'Shannon', 1292 tons, moored Gravesend, UK. [wooden ship, 1292 gross tons, ON44996, 217.0 x 37.7 x 22.8. Built 1862 (5) R&H Green, Blackwall, London. Owners: R&H Green, registered London (iron beams) Sold May 1883 to Wright Bros. registered London: 1887 James C Ellis, registered Sydney who were the owners when she sprang a leak while en route to Newcastle, NSW - Wellington, and put into Papeete where she was condemned, in June 1888. Ran for Greens regularly in the Melbourne trade and made some notable passages. Was employed as a collier when abandoned. In Blackwall Frigates story is recalled when some of the apprentices passed the ship off as a former warship involved with the 'Chesapeake'].
The 'Windsor Castle' moored in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Windsor Castle', 1075 tons, moored in an unidentified port [wooden ship, 1075 gross tons. ON15822, 195.5 x 36.2 x 22.5. Built 1857 W Pile, Junior, Sunderland. Owners: R&H Green, registered London. Sold 1882 to E Cox, registered London. Foundered off Algoa Bay in 1884. Built for the Australian passenger trade and toward the end of her career on the run was well known in the Brisbane run. NB. Do not confuse with vessel of the same name and similar size operating about the same period. Early career spent in the Melbourne trade with occasional visits to Sydney, but for the last few years under the flag of Green she was a regular visitor at Brisbane. See 'Blackwall Frigates' and 'Colonial Clippers'].
The 'Thomas Stephens' at Gravesend, U.K.
The steel ship 'Thomas Stephens', 1528 tons, at Gravesend, U.K. [steel? ship, 1559 gross tons. ON63199, 263.0 x 38.2 x 23.1. Built 1869 (7) WH Potter and Co., Liverpool. Owners: TW and WA Stephens , registered London. 1896 sold to Portugese Government for naval training ship, and renamed 'Pero d'Alemguer' and eventually hulked. During WW1 re-rigged and went 'missing' when crossing the Atlantic in January 1916. Said to have been intended for the Black Ball Line this ship did not sail for that flag but was employed for many years as a unit of the London Line of Australian Packets, chartered by Bethell and Co., and frequently was in Sydney and Melbourne. Also made at least one trip to New Zealand. Was considered to be a very handsome ship and often called a clipper. A favourite passenger ship for many years. See 'White Wings' and 'Colonial Clippers'].
The 'Cutty Sark' under sail
The composite ship 'Cutty Sark', 921 tons, under sail [composite ship, 963 gross tons. ON63557. 212.5 x 36.0 x 21.6. Built 1869 (11) Scott and Linton, Dumbarton. Owners John Willis and Son, registered London. (The shipbuilders went bankrupt in the course of constructing the ship and it was completed by Denny Bros) Sold 1895 to Portuguese and renamed Ferreira. Bought in 1922 by Captain Dowman of Falmouth, named and restored and re-rigged to her original sail plan. Presented to the Thames Nautical Training College in 1938. Subsequently installed in a dry dock at Greenwich on permanent display. This vessel has probably had more written about her than any other sailing ship, including 'The Log of the Cutty Sark' by Lubbock, see for full details up to 1938. The name is taken from a poem by Burns - Tam O'Shanter and the best translation appears to be 'short chemise'. Built for the China trades and considered to be among the world's fastest sailing ships. she was transferred to the Australian trades in 1885-6, trading mainly to Sydney, until she made a few voyages to Brisbane in the 1890's prior to being withdrawn and sold foreign. See 'The Log of the cutty Sark', 'Colonial Clippers', 'China Clippers'].
The 'Cairnbulg' anchored in an unidentified port
The iron barque (ex ship) 'Cairnbulg', 1567 tons, anchored in an unidentified port, possibly Sydney. ['Alexandra' ex 'Hellas' ex 'Cairnbulg' lost on a voyage from Newcastle NSW to Panama in 1908. See Ref. 3 for full details. Illustration see 'Cairnbulg'. Colonial Clipper says the vessel was Danish owned. Lloyds 1905 says Norwegian owners.] [iron ship (later barque) 1599 tons. ON65107, 261.3 x 39.0 x 23.0. Built 1874 (3). J. Duthie and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: W. Duthie junior. reg. Aberdeen. Became Russian Hellas and the Danish or Norwegian Alexandra. Abandoned in 1908 off South American coast in unusual circumstances.]
The 'George Thompson' tied up to a dock
The wooden barque (ex ship) 'George Thompson', 1128 tons, tied up to a dock. According to researcher John Anderson, this ship was built for Thompson but was sold to A. Nicol, Aberdeen in 1866, and subsequently had various Australian owners [wooden ship, later barque, 1128 tons. ON48866. 209.1 x 36.2 x 22.5. Built 1865 (5) W Hood and Co. Aberdeen (iron beams) Owners: Alex Nicol and Co. Registered Aberdeen 1883 sold to Sydney owners. Wrecked 13 June 1902, under the Chilean flag. Caption says 'composite' but this vessel was of wood construction].
The 'Trafalgar' docked in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Trafalgar', 1492 tons, docked in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1492 tons, ON70446, 242.0 x 38.4 x 22.0. Built 1875 (11) JE Scott, Aberdeen. Owners: D Rose and Co., registered Aberdeen. Sold foreign. Well known trader to Sydney. Note from Parsons "There was another ship of this name, an iron 4 mast ship built 1877 - do not confuse"].