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Story Bridge
Steel cantilever river crossing built as Depression-era relief work, once tolled to repay its construction loan.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Story Bridge in Brisbane follows the men who built it during the Great Depression, when a job on this steel was one of the few paying jobs in the city. It centers on the accident that killed a rigger named Arthur Wharton, and how his workmates responded out of their own pay packets. It also traces the toll gate that opened with the bridge in nineteen forty, and why Brisbane resented paying it. Best heard looking down toward the river the men once worked above.
This audio guide was created using AI.