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===Reuse of original parts=== Granite stones from the original bridge were subsequently "presented to various parts of the British world to further historic links in the British [[Commonwealth of Nations]]". Two of these stones are in [[Canberra]], the capital city of Australia, sited between the parallel spans of the [[Commonwealth Avenue Bridge]], one of two major crossings of [[Lake Burley Griffin]] in the heart of the city. Stones from the bridge were also used to build a monument in [[Wellington]], New Zealand, to [[Paddy the Wanderer]], a dog that roamed the wharves from 1928 to 1939 and was befriended by seamen, watersiders, [[Wellington Harbour Board|Harbour Board]] workers and taxi drivers. The monument, built in 1945, is on Queens Wharf, opposite the [[Wellington Museum]]. It includes a bronze likeness of Paddy, a drinking fountain, and drinking bowls below for dogs.<ref name=Haworth>{{cite book |last=Haworth |first=Dianne |title=Paddy the Wanderer |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |location=Auckland, New Zealand |year=2007 |pages=158β159}}</ref><ref name=Wellingtonian>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/2700071/Remembering-Paddy-the-Wanderer |title=Remembering Paddy the Wanderer: Tales of a Unique Dog |last=Moor |first=Christopher |date=30 July 2009 |work=[[The Wellingtonian]] |access-date=13 June 2013}}</ref> Another piece of the stone is situated under the sundial in the Wellington Boat Harbour Park, next to Clyde Quay Marina, an area of historical significance in Wellington Harbour.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Several stone [[balusters]] from the demolished bridge were sent in the late 1930s by the author [[Dornford Yates]] to be used in his French home 'Cockade', but the [[Fall of France]] in 1940 interrupted this project. They were shipped after the war to his new house in [[Umtali]], [[Rhodesia]] (now [[Mutare]], [[Zimbabwe]]). Recovered timbers from the bridge were used for shelves and wall panels in the library at Anglesey Abbey.<ref name="Sherwood" />
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