Re: (Melb) Maribyrnong Siding

["Captain Warwick J. Somerville" <marivcru@labyrinth.net.au>]

G'day Mr Thyer

At the end of the line is Wheat Quarantine Station Depot
and Briquette Storage Depot on the corner Somerville Road
& Whitehall Street, City of Maribyrnong (Footscray).

Regards
Capt. W. J. Somerville

Stuart Thyer wrote:
> 
> I'm intruiged, why are all these wheat wagons going down to the end of the
> Maribyrnong river siding, there are no wheat handling facilites, unless
> someone is doing a GNR and augering the contents out.  But why and for
> where.  Is this some sort of backyarding attempt to avoid the GEB monopoly
> in the wheat market??
> 
> Stuart Thyer
> Photographer
> University of Melbourne