Construction Subject Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge Ashlar masonry Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant Building Ideas Planned for Progress The Bridge in Curve 1930 AV Jennings Australia Allied Works Council Australian Cement Brookfield Multiplex Group Builders Labourers Federation Building Workers Industrial Union Commonwealth Experimental Building Station Department of Public Works Eaton Brothers IBK Constructions John Howie and Sons Kumagai Gumi Lend Lease Corporation Lewis & Sanders Master Builders Association of New South Wales Maston & Yates Melocco Brothers Meriton Parkes Companies Pioneer Concrete Services Ltd Polynesian Pools Pyrmont Bridge Company Sabemo Walker Corporation Belgiorno-Nettis, Franco Benedetti, Gisberto Bloodsworth, James Brooker, William Crothers, George Crotty, John Elphinstone, William jnr Horwood, HV Howie, Archibald Inder, Jacob Laughton, EJ Leggott, James S Lock, Jonathon Lock, Robert Lucas, William MacBeath, David McIntyre, Dugald Melocco, Antonio Nicholas Melocco, Galliano Eugenio Melocco, Pietro Olivo Nicolle, Philip Paton, George Payten, Isaac Quiggin, RT Raffan, George Randle, William Stenteford, Ephraim Triguboff, Harry Watkins, William Weaver, William Wilson, William (1863 -1935) Young, John Ultimo Power House chimney, August 1898 'But if we demolish the pub instead won't we be accused of acting against Australian tradition?' 1959 'Thanks Jack' Builders Labourers Federation Protest 1973 A Gentle Hint - Labourer: 'Hi, Miss, I want that stone when you've done with it, please' 1868 Brick from the first Government House, Sydney, made in 1788 Bricks made by convicts c1789 and a keystone inscribed with Major Robert Ross's initials, photographed c1924 Building Bankstown Square shopping mall 1966 Building up the embankment, reclamation of mud flats at Cooks River 1888 Building works Pitt Street, Sydney, undated Constructing an air raid shelter at Parsley Bay 30 December 1941 Constructing floodgates, reclamation of mud flats at Cooks River 1888 Construction of AWA Tower 1938 Construction of AWA Tower 1938 Construction of AWA Tower 1939 Construction of Central Railway Station, Sydney 1905 Construction of Empire Theatre, Quay Street 1927 Construction of Kingsford Smith airport in progress 1958 Construction of Potts Hill water reservoir c1888 Construction of aeroplane hangar, Rose Bay, for flying boats June 1939 Construction of concrete arch bridge to replace existing suspension bridge, Northbridge c1938 Construction of suspension bridge to carry water pipe across Lane Cove River c1900s Construction of the Central station tower 1922 Construction of the Chatswood Reservoir 1888-91 Construction of the Engine House at Ryde Water Pumping Station c1891 Construction of the Sydney Opera House 1966 Construction of the engine and boiler house at the Ryde Water Pumping Station 1891 Construction of the engine and boiler house at the Ryde Water Pumping Station c1891 Construction of the railway at Circular Quay March 1948 Construction of the suspension bridge carrying water pipes across the Lane Cove River 1890 Construction of the suspension bridge carrying water pipes across the Lane Cove River 1890 Construction of the tank at Ryde Water Pumping Station c1891 Construction of the tank at Ryde Water Pumping Station c1891 Construction of the tank at Ryde Water Pumping Station c1891 Construction on the stormwater pit in Garden Street Sydenham 26 July 1935 Construction work taking place for the building of Central Railway Station - Devonshire Street end c1902 Conversion of E wing, East Sydney Technical College c1921 Convicts in iron gang working on roads 1845 Criterion Theatre being demolished, corner Park and Pitt Streets, Sydney 1936 Cross City Tunnel construction project May 2005 Detail of 'Sydney Cove, Port Jackson 1788' showing the Lieutenant Governor's house under construction with scaffolding (centre) Eastern Suburbs Railway line viaduct construction Erection of new Farmer and Co department store building facing Pitt Street 1872 Excavating and building the dry dock at Waterview Bay near Sydney, finished 1856 Fig Tree Bridge under construction, Lane Cove River c1874-75 First train from Bay Road to North Sydney Station 26 March 1925 Floating span into position c1888 Formwork for construction of stormwater channel underground in Waterloo 3 August 1928 French migrant Albert Schilz (left) and Dutch workmate Simon Stet at work on the construction of the State Office Block 1965 Gang of navvies discharging mud from the punts on to the embankment, reclamation of mud flats at Cooks River 1888 George Paton c1855 Georges Head Light, precast top being placed on pile foundation 27 March 1924 German migrant Bruno Brenke working on Sydney Opera House 1964 Installation of specially designed 18 ton door for the Reserve Bank of Australia's strongrooms c1964 Long Cove Creek viaduct being replaced by iron railway bridge, Lewisham 1885 Looking south at First Government House site, Phillip Street and the back of the Metropole Hotel c1900 Looking south east from the top of the Reserve Bank of Australia head office building during its construction, September 1962 Machinery shed used by workers during construction of water reservoir at Chatswood 1888-91 Margel Hinder’s sculpture installed in front of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Martin Place façade, December 1964 Men at work on railway bridge near Petersham, Battle Bridge Creek c1885 Men working on the construction of the St James railway station c1926 Mitchell Library in course of construction March 1907. Australian Club in foreground. Museum Station entrance on Elizabeth Street under construction c1926 Museum railway station (Liverpool Street) construction 1922 New Glebe Island Bridge under construction 19 September 1995 Newly installed door for the Reserve Bank of Australia's strongrooms c1964 Olympic Games redevelopment, Homebush 1999 Opening title of 'Planned for Progress', the film documenting the construction of the Reserve Bank of Australia building at Martin Place, 1965 Progress of the soldier settlement scheme at Frenchs Forest in the Lone Hand, August 1918 Rachel Forster Hospital 1944 Reclamation of Darling Harbour with spoil taken on City Railway excavations 30 October 1922 Renovations to Marcus Clark & Co store at Railway Square 1928 Repairs being undertaken to the St James parsonage on Macquarie Street 1886 Roadworkers removing woodblocks from road at St Peters 22 April 1935 Scaffolding on St Mary's Cathedral 1920s Side view of the Engine House for the Ryde Water Pumping Station during construction 1891 Spit Bridge construction 1924 St Barnabas Church begins to rise again November 2010 Steel frame of AWA building and old Mangrovite Belting Ltd building c1938 Stormwater channel or sewer under construction in Alexandria 3 July 1929 Swing span building out, Pyrmont Bridge c1900 Sydney Morning Herald building construction c1924 Sydney Town Hall under construction c1875 The Bridge in Curve 1930 The Captain Cook Bridge under construction, with the Taren Point ferry coming in 1960s The Reserve Bank of Australia’s head office building under construction in Martin Place during June 1962 The Spectre 1930 The Spit Bridge under construction 4 September 1924 The Sydney City Railway: the Great Excavator 1923 The cut in Argyle Street 1853 The former Maritime Services Board building on the corner of George Street, and what was Barton Street, Circular Quay c1950 The growing nuisance on George Street, letter to the Editor of the Australian 1828 Timber at the end of the railway line used to carry soil away during construction stormwater channel in Alexandria 3 July 1929 Town Hall Station - low level tracks 19 May 1930 Untitled II, from the series 'Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge' c1930 Untitled XIX, from the series 'Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge' c1930 View from pulley-wheels of north side creeper-crane looking into box section of south side arch, Sydney Harbour Bridge May 1930 View of Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction at night, showing lights on c1931 Warragamba weir under construction 1939 Wirth's Hippodrome Construction 1915 Wirth's Hippodrome Construction 1915 Working on the footpath upgrade, Pitt Street, July 1999 Working on the spire of St Stephen's Church, Macquarie Street 1930s Construction of the AMP Building 1961 Mr Eddie Saunders remembers a blacksmith's workshop in Liverpool, interviewed in 1986
