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  1. 19th August 2015, 06:05 PM #1
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    Sydney Harbour Bridge Arch Closing 85 year anniversary

    20 August 2015 marks the 85th anniversary of the closing of the arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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    It is a shame that our government do not have the foresight and vision that Bradfield had at sizing infrastructure for our future needs.

    This great old documentary on the bridge is worth watching.

    [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy5cZ-IO0Eg[/ame]
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    He must have thought there would be lots more trains than cars--
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    The rows of locomotives were simply to test the effects of loading - in the 1930s heavy trucks were virtually non-existent, and the heaviest weights available per unit length were locomotives. The interesting question, of course, might be "where did they find all those locomotives without disrupting trail services?"

    But when the bridge was designed, rail and tram traffic (one pair of tracks was made for trams, since replaced by car lanes) would have been expected to constitute the major traffic load. When the bridge was designed, car ownership was restricted to only a small proportion of the population, and most goods transport was by rail to the nearest station, and horse drawn wagon, or sometimes motor truck, from there to the destination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    The rows of locomotives were simply to test the effects of loading -..
    ..., and most goods transport was by rail to the nearest station, and horse drawn wagon, or sometimes motor truck, from there to the destination.

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    And many of the trucks that did exist had solid rubber tyres. My Great grandfather's fleet that lots of work on both sides of the harbour at that time were mostly tyred in solid rubber.

    Baby boomer Sydneysiders will remember the red rattler parcel trains. Each "train" was a single powered car that run back and forth to all the stations on the electrified Sydney rail network.

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