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Darling Harbour 1969

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Chris Putnam
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Geoffrey Putnam

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Putnam, Chris

Geoffrey Putnam

Pyrmont bridge

The Pyrmont bridge was one of the most technologically advanced swing bridges in the world when it opened in 1902.

Bridges

Wharves

Darling Harbour

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Waterway to the west of the city once surrounded by wharves, goods yards, woolstores and factories which contributed enormously to the city's economic wealth. The former rail lines and goods yards were transformed from commercial port to a recreational and pedestrian precinct in the 1980s.