Australia Day, or perhaps Queens Birthday? Or Coronation Day 1953? Some festival as the two ships, one on North Wharf and one of
South Wharf, are dressed overall , or at least as best they could do. Photo taken mid afternoon judging from the shadows, and the
efflux of traffic.

Regards

Dudley Horscroft
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder]" TramsDownUnder@...>
To: TramsDownUnder@...>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 1:49 PM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Fish Market [Was: Who knows!]

> On 15/01/2018 1:06 PM, Mal Rowe wrote:

>>

>> Here's a pic showing both buildings, from the SLV as usual.

>>

>> I'm pretty sure that in practice the buildings in Flinders St were

>> commonly (but incorrectly) referred to as the Fish Market.

>

> That pic is the the TDU archive at: https://tdu.to/i/58627

>

> I went looking for another pic and found a ripper, made by Pratt Airspy

> and in the SLV, that's just overflowing with interest - it's attached

> and I have marked some items of interest with green circles.

> If you want the full res image, without the circles and showing a

> slightly larger area, it's at:

>

> http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/385622

>

>

> Centre left is the Fish Market beyond the viaduct and Government Cool

> Store closer to the viewer.

> Bottom left are the offices of the MT&OCo and the MMTB

>

> A bit higher left beyond the river is Hanna St - and the Hanna St depot

> - before Kingsway turned that boulevard into a major highway and long

> before the depot site was sold off for development.

>

> At lower right is a long goods shed that was a recycled building from

> the Great Exhibitions of 1880 and 1888 in Carlton. Part of it has been

> recycled again and it is now the "Exhibition Goods Shed" at Bylands.

>

> Mal Rowe - regular host in the EGS

>

>

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