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Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney October 1870

By
Charles Percy Pickering
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a089027 / SPF/27]
(Mitchell Library)

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Pickering, Charles Percy

State Library of New South Wales

Glebe Island bridge

Since 1857 Glebe Island bridge has facilitated development in the western and northern suburbs. The third bridge to have been constructed on the site, the Anzac Bridge is an icon of Sydney engineering.

Bridges

Glebe Island

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Rocky outcrop bounded by White Bay to the west and north and Johnstons Bay to the east and south and linked to Balmain by causeway in 1840s. It was the site of abattoirs from 1850s to 1912, then levelled and used as wharves.

Glebe Island Bridge

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Electrically operated swing bridge designed by Percy Allen, bridging Rozelle and Pyrmont over Johnstons Bay. It replaced Blackbutt bridge and was later replaced by the Anzac bridge.

Blackbutt Bridge

First bridge linking Pyrmont with Glebe Island which was replaced by the Glebe Island bridge.

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