Re: Maps

[mccallum@melbpc.org.au (John Duncan McCallum)]

In article <5vusnd$jsb$3@eplet.mira.net.au>, request@toxiccustard.comwrote:

>I have a promotional map of Melbourne done by a (since vanished)
shop called "Going Going Gone" in Richmond... the map (apart from
the arrow pointing out the position of the shop) is from the 50s
sometime, I think. The Hawthorn to Kew line and the Inner Circle
(inc Fitzroy Station) are both marked.

It also shows tram route 12 not going all the way down
Park Street, but joining Fitzroy Street from Beaconsfield
Pde, and it shows some of the St Kilda to Black Rock tram
line, down the current route of bus 600. It also shows a tram
line down Brunswick Street East/Holden Street, between Lygon
Street and St Georges Road. And it looks like route 86 along
Gertrude Street didn't always go as far as Nicholson Street,
but used to turn to the city at Brunswick Street. And Gardiner's
Creek looks a bit nicer, without the South Eastern freeway on top
of it!

Part of the Holden Street line still exists as a refuge siding at the Lygon 
Street end.
The map must have got it wrong with the route 86 tram in Gertrude Street. The 
cable tram went the whole distance, and the electric tram followed the cable 
route exactly.
As a matter of interest, when the PTC redid the bus stops at Clifton Hill, the 
finally removed the last of the old cable tram trackage. There were no rails, 
but the yokes for the cable tunnel were clearly visible after the roadway was 
removed from on top. Unfortunately, they were cut up and removed. Another bit 
of the cable tram history removed.

John McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>