Dear Kishore rao
I, Amy Charker am writing this letter to address you to consider Sydney harbour bridge to be on your heritage list. Not only is this bridge one of the most amazing well known landmarks in Sydney the views will take your breath away!
It was in the early 1800s that a well known man Francis Greenway put together planning to build a bridge from the northern to the southern end of the harbour.The construction of the bridge began in 1924 and took 1400 men 8 years to build this bridge at a cost of close to 6.25 million dollars and the cost was not fully payed off till 1988. Thousands of men were employed to help build the bridge The larger part of the bridge workforce was Australian born but there was a few of men that had come from overseas with unique skills such as stonemasons from Scotland and Italy, riggers from the US, Britain and Europe and boilermakers from Ireland and England. It was known as one of the largest projects in Australia at that time. Men that had come from all different jobs to come help the construction of the bridge. It was not an easy job and was quite dangerous, 16 people had died during this process one had fallen and survived and many more were injured.
During the process of putting together the bridge many many homes were destroyed and families were relocated. On 19 August 1930 the two sides if the bridge were connected for the first time. The arch was now able to be supported itself, and the cables to help support the bridge could be removed.The bridge has over 160 000 vehicles travelling daily. It includes 7 vehicle lanes, 2 train lines, a 24 hour bus lane and a footpath and cycleway. On the 22 October in the year 1943 Flight Lieutenant Peter Isaacson and his crew flew the giant ...
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...omen's Olympic marathon events combined the bridge as part of their route to the Olympic stadium. A tremendous fireworks layout at the end of the closing ceremony concluded at the bridge. The bridge has had events such as this and fireworks are lit on the bridge at 9:00 on New Year's Eve.
I strongly believe that the Sydney harbour bridge should be listed on the world heritage list because it fulfils the criteria for selection with representing a masterpiece of human creative genius. It's construction was an important event in Australia's history.The bridge is well known for it's amazing shape,heights,views and large crowds of men and women come to see this bridge every year. It is amazing the hard work and dedication these men put in to the building of this bridge and risking lives to build it. Also the Sydney harbour bridge is used for transportation everyday.
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The first and most challenging problem associated with building the Mackinac Bridge arrived long before the bridge was even designed. Financing such an enormous project was no easy feat. In 1928, the idea of connecting the upper and lower peninsulas was proposed to Congress for the first time (Brown 4). At the time, the suspected bridge project was very much under government scrutiny and control. In fact, the initial boost in interest in pursuing the construction of a bridge came about due to the depression. The Public Works Administration (PWA) had been created under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal economic plan which would fund certain construction projects with th...
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managed to produce a clear image of how the footprints lead directly to and over the bridge. But
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Houston, and Sydney opera house all these icons play a big role in marketing their cities to attract tourists to visit.