Sydney Harbour Bridge

Pair of fine small etchings of Sydney Harbour made in 1930 prior to the completion by Stanley W. Blackwell. The first showing the unjoined arch and the second showing it joined.

The Arch construction began on 26 October 1928. The southern end of the bridge was worked on ahead of the northern end, to detect any errors and to help with alignment. The cranes would “creep” along the arches as they were constructed, eventually meeting up in the middle. In less than two years, on Tuesday, 19 August 1930, the two halves of the arch touched for the first time. Workers riveted both top and bottom sections of the arch together, and the arch became self-supporting, allowing the support cables to be removed. On 20 August 1930 the joining of the arches was celebrated by flying the flags of Australia and the United Kingdom from the jibs of the creeper cranes.

We have been unable to obtain any biographical information on the artist,