Who owns the Brooklyn Bridge?

Answer 1

Credit for the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge largely belongs to engineer Dr JCC Bradfield (who also oversaw the construction of Brisbane's Story Bridge), while the firm that built the bridge was Dorman Long and Co Ltd, Middlesbrough, Teesside. Sir Ralph Freeman, of Freeman Fox & Partners, was the designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Another civil engineer involved in the Sydney Harbour Bridge project was JF Pain, who was awarded the Manby Premium for a paper on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He led a group of about forty engineers working for Freeman on Sydney Harbour bridge.

Answer 2

The official opening of the bridge occurred on 19 March 1932. NSW Premier, the Honourable John T Lang, was about to officially declare the Bridge open. Just before he did, Captain Francis De Groot of the political group The New Guard, which was opposed to Lang's leftist policies, charged on his horse and slashed the ribbon with his sword. De Groot's organisation resented the fact that the King's representative in Australia, the Governor-General Sir Isaac Isaacs, hadn't been asked to open the bridge. De Groot was arrested, and the ribbon retied, allowing Lang to finish performing the official opening ceremony.

Answer 3

This has been the subject of much controversy for many years.

The design of Sydney Harbour Bridge has traditionally been credited to Ralph Freeman, of England. Freeman studied civil engineering at the City and Guilds of London Institute, then joined Douglas Fox & Partners, a firm of consulting engineers specialising in the design of steel bridges. He rose to become senior partner and in 1938 the firm changed its name to Freeman Fox & Partners. Freeman was also famous for designing the Victoria Falls Bridge, completed in 1905.

However, historians have determined that the real credit should go to John Bradfield, also known as JJC Bradfield. Bradfield originally proposed a suspension bridge, then a cantilever bridge, which was the first proposal accepted. After that, Bradfield turned his sights towards an arch bridge, after travelling overseas and seeing the developments in light steel which made a steel arch bridge such a possibility. Bradfield is honoured by having the 2.4 km highway that runs over the Sydney Harbour Bridge named after him. Interestingly, he also had considerable influence in the design of Brisbane's Story Bridge, and the short section of highway that runs over the Story Bridge is also named the Bradfield Highway.

Answer 4

The Chief Engineer of Sydney Harbour Bridge was DrJ.J.C Bradfield and is regarded as the "father" of the Bridge".

Answer 5

The city of New York, New York