This image is from the City of Sydney's Sydney Streets exhibition : http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/history/SydneyStreets
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Pitt Street Pitt Street, corner of Market Street, c.1900. The streets are wet
from either watering down the dust or from a typical Sydney shower
of rain. Woodblocks could become slippery under certain weather
conditions, a problem which was initially dealt with by distributing
sand when required, but finally removed by the practice of top dressing
with a tar, or tar and sand, mixture. (image: City of Sydney Archives, SRC 110) |