I just added the PRW on the Harbord and Spit (Manly side) lines.
Seems the tramway wandered all over the place! Note that the trams
turned from the PRW into Cavill St - the portion of what is now
Oliver St between Cavill and Lawrence Sts was not part of th PRW.
--- InTramsDownUnder@..., "Ronald Besdansky (was Ron
Best)" <rbesdans@...> wrote:
>
> If I can get it work reliably (it seems to be soemwhat unstable
ATM),
> I propose to post a series of pics showing the two views
> superimposed. The first two (of the Balmoral line PRW) are at
>
>
http://finance.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/TramsDownUnder/photos/browse/
> 5cb7
>
>
> --- InTramsDownUnder@..., "Ronald Besdansky (was Ron
> Best)" <rbesdans@> wrote:
> >
> > This s a great site for comparing then & now - you can have the
> 1943
> > aerial view superimposed on the present-day photography & vary
the
> > relative transparency of the two views and they're exactly
aligned!
> > Very good for looking at where the tramways were and how it looks
> now.
> >
> > Thanks v much Michael for letting us know about this site.
> >
> > --- InTramsDownUnder@..., "Michael Lewis" <mdlewis@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > The Lands Dept of NSW has put up on its "SIX" site, a detailed
> > > aerial map of a good part of Sydney - photographed in 1943. You
> can
> > > zoom down to a particular house address.
> > >
> > > I naturally found my house and then decided to go tram hunting,
> > > starting with the suburb adjacent to mine, North Bondi.
> > >
> > > I found 10 tram cars between North Bondi and the southern end
of
> > > Bondi Beach - 1 in Curlewis St - Bellevue Hill line and the
rest
> > > either at the terminus or in Campbell Parade.
> > >
> > > I then traced the Bondi line into the city. There was a tram
> every
> > > few minutes - judging by the spacing and as you approached the
> > city,
> > > the incidence of coupled sets increased.
> > >
> > > Looking at the shadows and the incidence of trams and their
> density
> > > towards the city, I reckon that the photography was done
between
> > > post am peak and midday. The season must have been winter,
> because
> > > of the length of midday shadows (from north to south) and the
> total
> > > emptiness of Bondi Beach.
> > >
> > > It was wartime but the whole of the beach areas seem completely
> > > devoid of activity.
> > >
> > > There will be other areas which I haven't examined yet.
> > >
> > > I found the site using Google (Australia) - SIX map
> > > (Spatial Information eXchange - Department of Lands)
> > >
> > > Happy Hunting and Discovering.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> >
>