55K views · 1.4K reactions | From grainy to glorious, take a look at this rare construction footage of the Sydney Harbour Bridge!  It's been 100 years since the sod was turned to start construction of the Bridge, and these clips have recently been digitised for our viewing pleasure.  | Transport for NSW | Facebook

SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION (Time-Lapse) At 10pm on August 19, 1930, the two halves of the Sydney Harbour Bridge arch were joined for the first time — five years after construction started. The joining of the arches was a culmination of a 10-day effort in which "the two sections were gradually lowered by the releasing of the huge cables until the pilot pins on the south arm fitted into the sockets on the north side" — a process complicated by temperature changes. After that, it took only