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Riggers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Riggers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction, photo by Ted Hood, 1931.
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
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A Warship and the Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Java, a warship of the Dutch East Indies, berthing with the Sydney Harbour Bridge construction in the background, photo by Ted Hood, c. 1930-32.
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Sketch of Proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge
The proposed bridge from near Dawe's Point, Sydney, to near Milsons Point, North Shore, sketch by P. E. Henderson, engineer, 1857.
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge
A maintenance worker painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1945, photo by Alec Iverson.
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd.
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The Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Captain Francis De Groot (1888-1969), a member of the fascist New Guard group, rode a borrowed horse and slashed the ribbon with his cavalry sword at the opening ceremony for the Sydney Harbour Bridge (March 19, 1932). It prevented the New...
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Battle of Actium
The Battle of Actium (2 September 31 BCE, fought in the Ionian Sea off Actium, Greece) was the decisive engagement of the civil war fought between Octavian Caesar (l. 63-14 CE, later known as Augustus, r. 27 BCE - 14 CE) and the forces of...
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Modern Bridge of Lodi, over the Adda River
The modern bridge of Lodi that crosses the Adda River. Though this bridge was built in 1864, it gives a sense of what the original bridge may have looked like, which the French Army of Italy had to cross during the Battle of Lodi on 10 May...
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Battle of Jemappes
The Battle of Jemappes was a decisive battle in the War of the First Coalition (1792-97), part of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). On 6 November 1792, a French army under General Charles-François Dumouriez defeated an Austrian force...
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Battle of Thermopylae
Thermopylae is a mountain pass near the sea in northern Greece which was the site of several battles in antiquity, the most famous being that between Persians and Greeks in August 480 BCE. Despite being greatly inferior in numbers, the Greeks...
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View of the Severan Bridge from the Southeast
The Severan Bridge (also known as Cendere Bridge) is a Roman bridge located near the ancient city of Arsameia (today Eskikale), 55 km (34 miles) north east of Adıyaman in southeastern Turkey. It was built by the Sixteenth Roman legion stationed...