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| Keywords: Argyle Cut.jpg en Transverse section showing the bridges over the Argyle Cut to afford a communication for the streets above across the same 22 March 1832 From the Surveyor General's Maps and plans SRNSW CGS 13859 SZ 468 This plan shows the bridges which were to be built over the Cut when it was completed Convict labour was employed on the Argyle Cut which was made to give access from Sydney Cove to Miller's Point and Darling Harbour Before the cut was excavated pedestrians crossed the ridge by means of steps cut into the sandstone The marks from the tools used in the operation remain as evidence of this feat of manual labour The rock and rubble from the excavation was taken several hundred metres away to pack the mouth of the Tank Stream as a sea-wall at Circular Quay http //www records nsw gov au/public/gallery/rocks/displays/displays-item-7 html http //www records nsw gov au/public/gallery/rocks/images/items/large/7 jpg From the Surveyor General's Maps and plans 1832-03-22 PD-Australia Old maps of Sydney 1832 Argyle Cut Sydney sandstone | ||||
