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The old Bridge, Mosmans Bay, Sydney, ca. 1890 / photographer unknown

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • Andy Brill said:
    Another view of the building and rickety bridge (c1900) - from Powerhouse Museum: With interesting comments from beachcomber and bob meade: and a side view from further up the hill at left: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=385883&...
  • pellethepoet said:
    And equivalent works of art ... Etching, National Gallery of Australia Old Mosman (1890) by A. H. Fullwood Watercolour, National Gallery of Australia [Old Mosman whaling station] (1899) by A. H. Fullwood [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pellethepoet/galleries/72157624765851888]
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Wonderful! The railings are not yet built (see note), so earlier than the Phillips Collection photo. GoogleMapsStreetView has improved considerably for this spot since I last looked nearly four years ago.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Andy Brill Please forgive my youthful exuberance and excitement on the comments of the Phillips photo - it was identifying that particular Phillips image location which first hooked me into these old photos. Oh dear ... !
  • Andy Brill said:
    beachcomber australia pellethepoet Excellent contribution. Your research, with bob meade, has greatly expanded the historical record and context.

Reclamation work for the Spit Bridge being carried out at Pearl Bay

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Google Maps Street View - NB dent in concrete wall - g.co/maps/tx7g7
  • Highranger said:
    wow, a lot of work to make parkland, i guess it deepened the bay for moorings as a bonus?
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    Good find! And if you cross to the other side of the road in Google streetview you can see the palm tree is still there. AB
  • Adam W said:
    Okay... here's a real research teaser for you... On the water is the sand-pump dredge and to its right is a large roofed barge with a jetty up to it. Is that the same barge, or the sister vessel, of the one used at Luna Park as its floating dance hall? Seen to the extreme, bottom left in this very early Luna Park image. www.lunaparksydney.com/sites/default/files/2017-10/home-h... Which was then later left rotting in Berrys Bay www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/helipad-turns-out-to-be-an-ol... What's even more fascinating is that by my understanding this (these) barge/s were in-fact repurposed from their original use - construction barges for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Would love to know!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Adam W It's always good to revisit these photos (9 years later!). I have no idea about the barges, but here is a 'large spanner in the works' re the 1935 date - this Trove article from 10 years earlier (Feb 1925) has a similar earlier photo and details. It was a co-operation between Mosman Council and the Sydney Harbour Trust (their barge?) and the work was expected to take three years ... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16206151?searchTerm=sp...

Panorama of Sydney Harbour during the United States Navy's goodwill tour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Woo hoo! Large size is brilliant ... Challenge to everyone - name those ships and ferries!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [Ed.] Read All About It! - SMH 10/4/1924, p.11 onwards - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1227276 The article says the ships were in order: HOOD, REPULSE, DELHI, DANAE, DRAGON, and DUNEDIN.
  • Antoine R said:
    Of course this is not the Royal Navy Special Service Squadron but US navy visit of 1925.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    O O O P S ! Have we got the wrong visit?
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    Antoine R beachcomber australia Correct Antoine R thank you! As you say BC, oops! :P