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Robinson, Captain James (editor).
Smith's Dock Journal No. 80 Vol. XII April 1931.
Publisher: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1931
Stock Code: 8048
FIRST EDITION. Softcover quarto, pp. v, [1], 62-110, vi-x. Illustrated throughout including large folding photographic panorama showing 2 views of Sydney Harbour Bridge, under construction and when complete. Stapled pictorial card wraps depicting the “Royal Sovereign” in colour. Covers surface soiled and a little rubbed. 15 cm clean split to panorama at first fold otherwise contents clean. A Very Good copy. April 1931 issue of the company magazine for workers and staff at the North Shields and South Bank sites, with a special feature on Sydney Harbour Bridge, then the largest single-arch bridge in the World. Constructed by the Middlesborough firm of Dorman Long & Co who based their design on an earlier project of theirs, the River Tyne Bridge. £40.00