MAKE A MEME View Large Image The first Tramways Dated c. 10 1 1880 Depot at Pitt Street.jpg Photo taken from on top of a Gas Holder hence the great height at the corner of Pitt Street and what was then Gipps St West and Garden Road looking SE across the Old Cemeteries ...
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Keywords: The first Tramways Dated c. 10 1 1880 Depot at Pitt Street.jpg Photo taken from on top of a Gas Holder hence the great height at the corner of Pitt Street and what was then Gipps St West and Garden Road looking SE across the Old Cemeteries towards Surry Hills The whole area was resumed and flattened to make Central Station in the early 1900s Eddy Avenue roughly follows Garden Road Easier to understand when looking at this interactive 1895 map of Sydney which shows the tram route and depot http //www nla gov au/apps/cdview pi nla map-rm3443-sd rgn 0 3418884664 0 4464162249 0 5320025349 0 5846969348 width 1200 cmd pan y 1200 The picture could be as early as 1880 - the original steam tram was built between Sydney Terminus and Circular Quay to take people to the Exhibition at the Garden Palace from 1879 http //www flickr com/photos/state-records-nsw/2688542862/ 1810 Adam J W C Flickr-State-Records-NSW-image PD-Australia Tram depots in Sydney Sydney in the 1880s Sydney International Exhibition 1879
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