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Re: O'DEA ST


Barry Campbell <barryC@qimr.edu.au> wrote in message
3740974D.E4CDABCE@qimr.edu.au">news:3740974D.E4CDABCE@qimr.edu.au...
> Clayton Parkin wrote:
> >
> > Does any one know anything about the rails that run down O'Dea St off
Sth
> > Dowling St Sydney
>
> It sounds like they could be former Sydney tramlines exposed for some
> reason.

They ARE former tram tracks. It was a connecting line from Dowling St Depot
(where the Moore Park SupaCentre is now) to Bourke St. Why the track is
still there and visible is a mystery. Much of the track in the city centre
is still in place, but covered by multiple layers of tar.  Guess no-one's
bothered to do anything about it. It is one of the last visible signs of the
1879-1961 system.
Rgds
Ron BEST
>
> Barry Campbell