1888 Major Works on the Yarra Easyflow with Mr Stevens' Fine Art

with Mr Stevens' Fine Art Gallery and F

Ionic or Corinthian

weighing 164 tons

and the hotel still trades at that address 150 or so years after the photo was taken

1888 Major Works on the Yarra Easyflow with Mr Stevens' Fine ArtMelbournes first Big Build. This photo around 1888 shows a very important and pivotal time for Melbournes growth. In 1879 the Flinders Street Tramway opened, thereby connecting Flinders Street and Spencer Street Stations. It is visible in the photo, running parallel with Flinders Street. This was a single line operating only during the night hours, carrying freight only. It was replaced by the Flinders Street viaduct in 1891. The Melbourne area has