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roadway, called Hickson Road, after the first President of 

 the Trust, will be opened through into Sussex Street this 

 year. 



East of Miller's Point the old wharfage has been 

 demolished as far as Dawes' Point, and eight new berths 

 have been completed. These consist of two frontage 

 wharves and three jetties. These berths range from 500 

 feet to 700 feet in length. The water front at this locality 

 was the most inaccessible portion of the original wharfage, 

 the demolitions, necessary to open up the frontage roadway 

 (Hickson Road) were very considerable, and a great amount 

 of quarrying was necessary. Hickson Road was carried 

 by cutting through the hill to meet the portion constructed 

 earlier, north of the Gas Works; this entailed the removal 

 of an enormous quantity of solid rock and the construction 

 of three reinforced concrete over-bridges; at present the 

 road is open from Dawes' Point to the Gas Works. 



The wharfage at the eastern side of Wooloomooloo Bay, 

 which was comparatively new when the Trust took charge, 

 proved to be unsuitable for the accommodation of modern 

 vessels and had to be extended; the deck level was raised, 

 and large modern cargo sheds erected. 



To make the most of the available space at this part of 

 the harbour, a jetty was built extending north from the 

 centre of the bay a distance of 1,160 feet, and 208 feet in 

 width. It is provided with a central roadway four feet 

 below the floors of the wharves, and double decked cargo 

 sheds in which electrical cargo handling appliances are 

 installed. 



At Pyrmont a jetty for the shipment of grain was built 

 1,000 feet in length and 150 feet wide. The structure of 

 this jetty is very heavy as it is frequently loaded with 

 wheat in bags stacked 27 feet in height above the deck. 



