Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge by John Nicholson
The inside story of a national icon.
Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Summary
The Sydney Harbour Bridge, or giant coat-hanger as it's often called, took 1300 men eight years to build, using six million rivets and 53,000 tonnes of steel. This book tells the step-by-step story in detail, revealing the problems, solutions, risks and celebrations.
Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge Summary
About John Nicholson
John Nicholson is an ex-architect turned author and illustrator of children's books. His particular interests are history, architecture and all kinds of invention, design and construction. He lives in the bush, not far from Melbourne. Many of his books have been shortlisted in the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards and three of them, A Home among the Gum Trees, The First Fleet and Fishing for Islands have won the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.
Additional information
GOR006544909
9781865082585
1865082589
Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge by John Nicholson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Allen & Unwin
20010801
32
Runner-up for CBCA Book of the Year 2001 (Australia)
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