FLINDERS STREET TRAIN STATION - Acroterion Restoration

Melbourne CBD Victoria

BUILT

2016-2019

Removal of original acroterion from the Dome. Number each individual piece and dismantle, hand make each piece and reconstruct original and new acroterion and reinstate to the top of the Dome.

Full restoration of the missing Acroterion on Dome 1 at the southern end of Flinders Street Train Station was carried out by National Pressed Metal, contracting arm of Australian Pressed Metal and the teams from Melbourne Pressed Metal and Adelaide Pressed Metal. Each of the five Domes crowning Flinders Street Train Station has four Acroterions, one on each corner junction. An existing original Acroterion was removed from the Dome using ropes and harness as scaffolding was not suitable. The original Acroterion was then disassembled, each piece was numbered and 49 different dies were made and assembled using bronze solder to create an exact replica of the original missing Acroterion. The new copper Acroterion was aged to match the existing original Acroterions using a combination of salt, cloudy ammonia, vinegar and water. The original Acroterion was also reassembed and both Acroterions were then reinstated to their original positions on the southern Dome once again using the rope and harness method.