On 14/06/2014 7:35 AM, Yuri Sossteam4me@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:55:28 +1000, 'Mick Duncan'kitbuny@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

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> >I hope the Shot Tower survived

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> Yes it became incorporated into the Melbourne Central development - the owners of which persuaded the VicGov to rename Museum station to Melb Central, even though it's not Melbourne's central station. Library or La Trobe would have been more appropriate.

> See

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop%27s_Shot_Tower

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First of all, I hope that all readers of the link to the ABC web page provided by Yuri scrolled to the very bottom of the page - to see a picture that would hardly be an acceptable media release today!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-12/melbourne-underground-rail-city-loop-construction-photos/5516134

Secondly, thanks Yuri for the link to the old stret directories.

Thirdly, here's the central Melbourne map from the 1912 edition of "Moulton's Street Directory" that shows the location of the "Central Railway Station".
http://tdu.to/Melbourne_1912.jpg

Mal Rowe - who also notes the "Federal Parliament House" in its temporary (only 26 years) location in Melbourne.