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Wentworth Park is an open area grass covered park reclaimed from the head of Blackwattle Bay, surrounded by Wattle Street, Wentworth Park Road and Bridge Road. It contains a sporting complex used for greyhound racing.
Beginning of the reclamation.[2]
Wentworth Park Sporting Complex
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Most of this will be available on the Wentworth Park page, so I'm mainly after bits regarding the Blackwattle Swamp, the causeway across it, becoming Bridge Rd, Glebe. Started 1876
History
editthis needs re-wording with refs and put above the SC. It's the park not the SC.
reclamation
editstarted[3]
Bridge Road
editA drawing of a causeway showing three spans for small boats
Page - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/ItemViewer.aspx?itemid=861663&suppress=N&imgindex=12
JPG only - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_DAMx/image/19/154/a2085012h.jpg
whole Pyrmont Bridge doesn't seem to elevate at either end - http://www.anathan.me/images/375_LR_Pyrmont_Bridge.jpg
Where is this
edita shot of a bridge, much like Glebe Island Bridge, but no drawbridge, not as high, not enough spans and no central raised section for small boats - Two shots one is Glebe island, one isn't
Pyrmont/Glebe Island
editvarious views of Pyrmont and Glebe Island http://www.jacksonslanding.net.au/history/sourcedocs/EcologyOfPyrmont-FullReport.pdf
with Bridge Rd, Glebe (Wentworth Park) being shown in FIgure 2.20, Page 32 (70/770) and the glebe island bridge with raised centre pictured p417 (455/770) 1899 Illustrated Sydney News shows raised section of bridge "PYRMONT". Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1881 - 1894). NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 July 1889. p. 19. Retrieved 6 September 2015. "[No heading]". Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1881 - 1894). NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 July 1889. p. 20. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
picture of blackwattle (564/770)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?l-decade=187&l-year=1873&q=blackwattle
Elyard, Samuel, 1817-1910 (1868), Pyrmont, 1868 / Samuel Elyard, retrieved 6 September 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
mentions Blackwattle Causeway and Bridge
Pyrmont bridge, glebe island bridge with the hump and bridge rd over blackwattle swamp https://maptitude1.tumblr.com/image/89467023705
- ^ "Wentworth Park". Evening News. No. 5362. New South Wales, Australia. 23 July 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 13 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225366023 |title=RECLAMATION OF BLACKWATTLE SWAMP. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=259 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 November 1869 |accessdate=13 April 2017 |pa
- ^ "RECLAMATION OF BLACKWATTLE SWAMP". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 259. New South Wales, Australia. 30 November 1869. p. 3100. Retrieved 14 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PYRMONT BRIDGE COMPANY". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 188. New South Wales, Australia. 19 November 1858. p. 1955. Retrieved 13 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PYRMONT BRIDGE COMPANY". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XL, , no. 6454. New South Wales, Australia. 11 February 1859. p. 6. Retrieved 13 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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