newsouthheadroad

7 photos tagged newsouthheadroad, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1925

2013

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beachcomber australia said:
That is not Erskine Street, Sydney. I think it is New South Head Road, Double Bay, looking SE from near Gladswood Gardens. Google street view - maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&... I am wondering if the tram was going to Erskine Street (hence the confusion). It is on the old King Street line which was extended to a new terminus in Erskine St. See 1903 map with tram routes marked - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1635-sd&rgn=0... . So "Erskine Street Tram, Double Bay 1949" might be a better title? 3 February 1949 was a THURSDAY ! And from the lack of shadows I'd say it is about noon. Can anyone identify the cars?!
pellethepoet said:
Yep, spot on beachcomberaustralia.
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
Hi beachomberaustralia, thanks for clearly identifying the image. We will amend our caption.
banoradude said:
The car in the foreground is a an "R1" class, rated at 56 seated passengers on upholstered seats, the car in the distance also appears to be an "R1" class. Both cars were designed about 1935

beachcomber australia said:
From Wikipedia - " In September 1894 a cable tram service opened, which operated from King Street in the city to Ocean Street in Edgecliff. The powerhouse driving it was located at Rushcutters Bay. Unlike other trams of the era which were driven by steam, the cable ran in a gutter between the tracks. The cars gripped the moving cable to advance and released it to stop. It operated until 1905 when the tram line was electrified." It looks like the electric tram wires are here, which would date this as c.1905.
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
Thank you for the information regarding the cable tram service which has now allowed us to date the photograph.
phanto2 said:
Grace and Sons furniture was at 85 New South Head Road according to the Sands Directory.

beachcomber australia said:
See comments at www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/3863900492/. c.1905, from the tram evidence. All the businesses seem to be closed and delapidated; perhaps about to be demolished for road widening, or maybe for the building of the Sydney Stadium in 1908 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Stadium .
beachcomber australia said:
? Same building later ...
pellethepoet said:
beachcomber australia Yes. Later renumbered 125. The Sydney metropolitan detail series (Google Satellite View equivalent of the 1880s) - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_zoomify/2008/D00663/a1367322.html - gives a clearer understanding of the former layout of the buildings at the intersection.