Steam Rollers & Road Building In The 1920's

Roads are a vital piece of every day infrastructure that we often take for granted. Not too many of us would stop and think what life and travel would be like without them, and even fewer of us know what it used to take to build them.
Enter the humble steam roller, a very useful tool in providing a means of compaction for our ever changing dirt roads.
The first part of the video shows what it's like to be on the footplate of a real life fully operational Steam Road Roller. This footage was taken at the annual Steam Fest held at Old Petrie Town Village. Wil Knapp kindly offered me the opportunity to go for a spin and to have a drive of his French built Alberet.
Also seen are a Marshall, a J.I. Case Traction Engine, a Marshall Traction Engine, and several other Steam Rollers including Aveling Porter, John Fowler & Co.
Cowley's Eureka Ironworks Pty Ltd, in Ballarat Victoria, Australia, were the only Australian manufacturer of road rollers and traction engines producing approximately 12 Rollers from circa 1927-1939. Apart from road works, the rollers were deployed to North Queensland, New Guinea and Pacific Islands During WWII to help construct air strips for military airfields to aid the war effort.

[@DOCTORDROTT]

good video

[@nealblackburn8628]

i was up Tamborine on the week end and i didn't see that crushing plant

[@adriannettlefold9084]

You need to put some more fuel in that cycle and come out my way. I was asked to volunteer at the Blackall Woolscour, you'd have a ball.