Re: O'DEA ST

["Rob" <blobigus@optus.net.au>]

Just recently when Botany road (near Green Sq)had been scoured prior to
laying new tar, the tram tracks were clearly visible sitting in a concrete
roadbed. Also, the tracks from Newtown Depot leading to Newtown Bridge have
been visible on and off for the last few years.
Rgds,
Rob
Ron BEST <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Barry Campbell <barryC@qimr.edu.au> wrote in message
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> > 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
>
>