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[BBC] In pictures: Sydney bridge at 75
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| Sunday, March 18, 2007
Posted on 03/18/2007 12:04:17 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
The Coathanger, as Sydney's Harbour Bridge is affectionately known, was opened 75 years ago.
It was the first time in 25 years the bridge had opened to the public to walk across.
Some people stopped to admire the latticework of the bridge's superstructure.
Some 6m rivets hold together the 52,000 tonnes of steel which make up the bridge.
The bridge means much to Sydney and Australia, arising amid the Great [Economic Downturn] of the 1930s.
Festive hats dotted the crowd which was entertained by fly-pasts, a regatta and Aboriginal sunset ceremonies.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: australia; bridge; coathanger; harborbridge; harbourbridge; shb; sydney; sydneyharbor
To: Aussie Dasher; Dundee
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posted on
03/18/2007 12:05:14 PM PDT
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Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Happy Birthday! I'd love to see it one day.
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posted on
03/18/2007 1:39:07 PM PDT
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mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: mtbopfuyn
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03/18/2007 2:49:34 PM PDT
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Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: mtbopfuyn
It is a rather pretty bridge.
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posted on
03/18/2007 11:05:03 PM PDT
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Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
I've walked across the Sydney Harbor Bridge.The view of the harbor...the city's skyline...the Opera House from the bridge is amazing.
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03/19/2007 5:19:48 AM PDT
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Gay State Conservative
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