Re: Sydney Harbour Bridge Questions

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

MarkBau1 wrote in message <19990319031045.12799.00000352@ng-cf1.aol.com>...
>I was in Sydney for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the opening of the
>coathanger.
>
>They opened the whole bridge to pedestrian traffic for the first time ever
as
>part of the celebrations. At that time it was said that if EVERY person on
the
>bridge jumped up at the same time the bridge would collapse! I have no idea
if
>this was true but a structural engineer made this statement in a Sydney
>newspaper at the time.
>
>Mark.
>
>Visit my train pic website at:
>http://home.earthlink.net/~markbau/
>
>
I was there too, but I arrived too late as they stopped letting people on
the bridge as it was full. I had stopped off at Hyde Park on the way to
photograph the replica of the Rocket which was running on a short section of
track in the park.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia