There were three of these Iroquois rollers imported from Barber Asphalt by Neuchâtel Asphalt the contractors who laid the paving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction. Two eight ton for the roadway and one five ton for the foot path along the side of the bridge. This is the five ton roller and one of the eight ton rollers is about to be dismantled for restoration very soon. The second eight ton roller has vanished completely. Only three of these rollers were imported into Australia.
The first photo is of one of the eight ton rollers working on the northern approaches to the bridge just below North Sydney Station. The second picture is one of the eight ton rollers at work in Sydney after the bridge was completed.
|