Glebe Island Bridge

Survey graphic – c.1993

Carpenter's tool belt – c.1993

Stay cable abstract – c.1995

Reinforcing steel and formwork on western approach – c.1993

Worker with plank and crane tracks – c.1993

Carpenters prefabricating formwork – c.1993

A load of reinforcing steel arriving on site – c.1993

Steelfixer inside base of western tower – c.1993

Jumpform screw jacks on tower leg – c.1993

Leading hand carpenter's tool belt – c.1993

Laurie Chow, RTA construction engineer – c.1993

Bruce Wilson, project engineer, and Simon Lillyman, administration manager – c.1993

Merv Francis, Scott Wyatt and Mario Perkovic adjust chains for lift of precast concrete panel – c.1993

Merv Francis, Scott Wyatt and Mario Perkovic adjust chains for lift of precast concrete panel 2 – c.1993

Merv Francis, Scott Wyatt and Mario Perkovic adjust chains for lift of precast concrete panel 3 – c.1993

Merv Francis, Scott Wyatt and Mario Perkovic adjust chains for lift of precast concrete panel 4 – c.1993

Placing precast panel in western abutment retaining wall – c.1993

Western tower and Sydney Harbour Bridge from Glebe – c.1993

Work on western deck stay cable guide pipe – c.1993

Work on western deck stay cable guide pipe 2 – c.1993

Tony Figueredo carring scaffold pipe over reinforcing steel on western approach span – c.1993

Crane driver Joe Stelzer at controls of 4100 Ringer Mantowoc crane – c.1993

Dani Te-Nah-U on section of Kingshore support scaffolding – c.1993

Placing hooks for slinging of Kingshore towers ready for erection – c.1993

Erecting first section of Kingshore scaffolding under western tower – c.1993

Jumpforms on western tower – c.1993

Western tower with Johnstons and Blackwattle Bays and city backdrop – c.1993

Ivan Carapina, construction worker – c.1993

Alan Breslin, steelfixer – c.1993

Bill Tams, boilermaker – c.1993

Work on western deck stay cable guide pipe – c.1993

Kingshore scaffolding in place supporting pier table under western tower – c.1993

Placing concrete on western pier table – c.1993

Darrin Watson, concrete boom operator – c.1993

John Torrisi, concreter – c.1993

Joe Malacia, concreter – c.1993

John Baker signals to stop concrete supply on western pier table – c.1993

David Hardie, watching as foreman Trevor Weller directs work on western pier table – c.1993

Rod Collier and Bruce Cross manhandle stressing trumpet into position – c.1993

Heavy lift jacks in place on western approach span – c.1993

Ken Kaye-Smith guides cables into heavy lift jack – c.1993

Formtraveller is manoeuvred into position before lifting to western deck – c.1993

One of the first multi-strand stay cables in position – c.1993

Preparing reinforcing steel for concrete on western deck – c.1993

Concrete placing team on western deck – c.1993

Kofeinu Mataresi signals to pump controller for position of concrete placement – c.1993

Survey mark on deck – c.1993

Riggers working on Kingshore scaffolding – c.1994

Western tower from east – c.1994

Rigger on Kingshore scaffold – c.1994

Construction graphic 1 – c.1993

Construction graphic 2 – c.1993

Construction graphic 3 – c.1993

Construction detail 1 – c.1993

Construction detail 1 – c.1993

Construction detail 2 – c.1993

Construction graphic 4 – c.1993

Construction detail 3 – c.1993

Construction graphic 5 – c.1993

From the old Glebe Island Bridge on a winter morning. Western deck nears centre position – c.1994

The gap is closed on the segmented deck – c.1995

Eastern tower nearing completion – c.1994

Mark Taylor and Craig Scott on skidbeam with background of Kingshore scaffolding – c.1994

Formtraveller rising to eastern deck – c.1994

Formtraveller weighing 262 tonnes being raised by heavy lift jacks into position on eastern deck – c.1994

Dawn light on the eastern tower with scaffolding about to be moved – c.1994

Lowering formtraveller onto barges at completion of western deck main span – c.1994

Kingshore scaffolding ready to be moved by barge to eastern side of tower – c.1994

Eros Constandinos, boilermaker – c.1994

The western deck extends to central position of bridge 30 metres above the water – c.1994

Peter Cole hoists a load to western tower head – c.1994

Stack of ducting for post tensioning of deck – c.1994

Mario Da Conceicao, carpenter – c.1994

Astrubel Eusebio, leading hand carpenter – c.1994

Trevor Weller, foreman – c.1994

Tony Sutherland driving the Alimak hoist on western tower – c.1994

Steelfixer Richard Harris tying reinforcing bars in preparation for concrete placement – c.1994

Crane swings forklift truck off deck – c.1994

Western tower with mobile crane wheel – c.1994

Heavy duty cranes lower 42 metre long open box girder weighing 44 tonnes into position – c.1994

Safety screen fabric on stairway – c.1994

Placing concrete segment on eastern deck – c.1994

Steel detail – c.1995

Construction graphic – c.1995

Colour-coded outer stay cable sheaths – c.1995

General view onto western approach span – c.1995

Formtraveller is lowered onto barges after completition of western deck segments – c.1995

Spirit level and reimforcing rods – c.1995

Barney Kreft reaches guides a fascia panel into place – c.1995

Barney Kreft reaches out to guide a fascia panel rising towards tower head – c.1995

Galvanised steel maintenance gantry beams support brackets – c.1995

Tool box on deck – c.1995

Tubing used in concrete placement on deck slab – c.1995

Construction graphic – c.1995

Construction graphic – c.1995

Construction graphic – c.1995

Construction graphic – c.1995

Construction graphic – c.1995

Construction graphic – c.1995

Late sun illuminating western tower after passing storm – c.1995

Aluminium pedestrian barrier rail sections await placement and fixing – c.1995

A dancing couple under western tower – c.1995

The eastern tower head against the western face of the city – c.1995

People getting a low level view of western tower and cables from roadway – c.1995

Part of crowd of 65,000 who walked across the completed bridge on opening day – c.1995

Guests on approach deck at gala dinner the evening before the official opening – c.1995

Fireworks and floodlit towers at celebration dinner – c.1995

Lightning strike on Centerpoint Tower seen from Rozelle – c.1995

Glebe Island bridge with full moon – 1999