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20th century · 1867–1943
John Bradfield
John Job Crew Bradfield · Australia
Father of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
An Australian engineer born in Queensland. In 1914 he was appointed chief engineer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and city railway, led the design and construction of the bridge, and became known as its 'father'. He also worked on Brisbane's Story Bridge (completed in 1940) and other projects, and in 1924 received the first doctorate in engineering awarded by the University of Sydney. The bridge's main road is called the Bradfield Highway.
Where the story happened
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Historia · Sydney Harbour Bridge
The 'Coathanger' held together by six million rivets
In 1914 John Bradfield was appointed chief engineer for the Sydney Harbour Bridge and city railway. He first planned a cantilever bridge without piers; in 1916 a bill passed the lower house of the state parliament but was rejected by the upper house on the grounds that 'the money should be spent on the war', and the bridge act was only finally passed in 1922. The bridge was designed and built by Dorman Long of Middlesbrough in England, using about six million Australian-made hand-driven rivets; the last was driven into the deck on 21 January 1932, and the bridge opened the same year.
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