Loading blocks of granodiorite to be used in constructing the pylons of the Harbour Bridge. Moruya.

[Sydney] : Sydney Mail, [between 1925 and 1931]. Panoramic photograph from two gelatin silver prints, 143 x 340 mm, laid down on its original board mount; verso with wet stamp 'Copyright Photograph by “Sydney Mail”'; the gelatin prints are in very good condition; accompanied by contemporary card inscribed 'Loading blocks of granodiorite to be used in constructing the pylons of the Harbour Bridge. Moruya.'; card a little foxed and with rusting paper clip.

An article in Inside History Magazine provides some fascinating insights into the story of the quarrying of granodiorite at Moruya for the facing of the supports and pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The quarrying project employed some 250 stonemasons from Scotland, Italy and Australia from 1924 until the bridge's completion in 1932.

We can locate no other surviving copies of this important photographic panorama.