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The before, during and after story of the construction of the South East Light Rail project in Sydney. Often controversial, the construction provided many headaches for the people working on the job and businesses along the route.
The author, John Cowper, spent almost every day during the construction phase documenting the progress, the people and the outcome of the project. The 265 page hardcover book contains more than 1,000 photographs, diagrams and maps covering the history leading to the project, the construction and the opening of the project. It also contains a list of the companies involved and their role.
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Tracks - South East: The story of Sydney's South East Light Rail project
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“John Cowper gives us here a remarkable
and unusual book about an even more remarkable and unexpected urban
regeneration project.”
Robert Lee,
author of Transport, An Australian History.
An excellent and well-researched discussion on the south eastern light
rail project which was a major undertaking and beautifully presented with lots
of supporting photographs.
Keith Mitchell
Sydney's Town Hall was drowning, in a sea of
buses. John Cowper records the transformation to a light rail, liveable city
environment, stretching to the eastern suburbs. The reader walks through a
forest of "then and now" photos and a detailed written explanatory
history, before launching into a nuts and bolts, photo construction diary, over
265 pages. This is an engineering and social history containing some 1,000
mostly colour photos, not to be missed.
Greg Travers.