• Title
  [Proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge, ca. 1903] / Norman Selfe Design, R. M. Robinson Mech. Del., Herbert Beecroft Pinxt.
• Creator
  Norman Selfe, 1839-1911
• Call number
  ML 1401
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1903
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  456492
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - 89 x 141.3 cm. in frame 93.8 x 146.2 cm. - on 3 sheets of paper, on canvas lining, framed.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The first call for competitive designs and tenders for a harbour crossing from Dawes Point to McMahons Point was issued by the NSW Government in January 1900. After the competition jury decided in November 1900 not to recommend acceptance of any tender, several tenderers sought permission to resubmit designs, and in February 1901 six amended tenders were received. "In March, the Minister for Public Works, E W O'Sullivan, established a new Sydney Harbour Bridge Advisory Board to determine the specifications for which further designs and tenders for a bridge were to be invited ... New tenders were called for on 17 May 1901 in an international competition inviting both previous and new competitors." After the closing date of 30 June 1902, "amended designs were requested from three tenderers - William Arrol & Co (whose design 'Sablazo' had been awarded first prize in the 1900 competition), the E and C Bridge Company, and Stewart & Co. These were submitted in March 1903 and after protracted consideration and analysis, Stewart & Co's tender for a cantilever bridge, prepared in consultation with a German firm and Sydney engineer Norman Selfe, was recommended to the Minister in November as the most suitable design. Norman Selfe (1839-1911) was Sydney's best-known engineer during the 1880s and 1890s...A proponent of the city railway and other Sydney improvements, Selfe proposed a number of bridge solutions and his urban visions were prominently featured in the 1909 Royal Commission [on the planning of Sydney]. His 1903 design for a harbour bridge from Dawes Point to McMahons Point was accepted by the NSW Government but was never constructed."
  
  Reference
  Bridging Sydney / [edited by] Caroline Mackaness. Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2006, pp.91-93.
  Some notes on the North Shore bridge, and the story of the three competitions with their sequel / Norman Selfe, in conjunction with The Maschinenbaugesellschaft, of Nurnberg, and the Zweiganstalt, of Gustavsburg, Authors of the Successful Design. [Sydney : s.n.], 1908
  Digital order no:a1528191
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed "R. M. Robinson Mech. Del.", "Herbert Beecroft Pinxt" at lower left, "Norman Selfe Desig." at lower right
• Conservation note
  
  Surface damage at upper left corner (some tears & abrasion)
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Beecroft, Herbert, 1864-1951
  
• Subject
  Architecture--Designs and plans--Presentation drawings.
  Bridges--New South Wales--Sydney.
  
• Topic
  architectural rendering
  bridges
  design (technology)
  watercolours
  
• Place
  Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Amaze Gallery, 6 October 2018-2019
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE4399305

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