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Lavender Bay and McMahons Point with tramsheds in the foreground

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • Andy Brill said:
    The air seems more polluted than today. The downside of concentrations of coal-fired furnaces and steam boilers and locomotives.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think those are railway sheds if anything. It was a popular view - Henry King (c.1888?) - Arthur Phillips (c.1895?) Charles Kerry (c.1900?) Guessing Mr Hall's photo at about 1910?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Wait a minute - the railway opened in 1893 and I think they are building it here. The large size shows what looks to be stacks of rails. So 1892? That makes more sense with the square riggers in the background. Andy Brill It looks like a westerly wind, so all the smoke and filth from Balmain area is blowing towards the north shore.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Hmmm - the ferries and wharf buildings look more like c.1910 ...
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    Andy Brill beachcomber australia 1892 seems like a better date, though we will forward this photograph to a ferry expert for some advice about the ferries. Presuming you saw Catherine Warne's Pictorial History: Lower North Shore pp 67-71? Interesting!

Sydney Harbour Bridge from Milsons Point, February 1932

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • carlosbezz said:
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Lavender Bay Station - under construction

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • John Cowper said:
    Caption should read "Milsons Point station ... " Technically although the station was on the shores of Lavender Bay it was named "Milsons Point" and was moved to this location during the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1924-1932) The North Sydney car sidings are currently on the site of the former station. The tramway was diverted along Dind and Glen Streets to service the relocated railway station.
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    John Cowper These photos from the Sydney Harbour Bridge set [NRS 12685] were all labelled, presumably by Public Works, when we received them.
  • John Cowper said:
    I can understand that ... the station is closer to Lavender Bay than Milson's Point, and they may have called it "Lavender Bay" to identify it as being a different station from the one they were replacing.I have seen it referred to as both Milson's Point and Lavender Bay. To be really accurate the station should be called the 'second' Lavender Bay station as in 1915 Milson's Point was replaced by a station (the 'first' Lavender Bay station) for a period of some seven weeks from 30 May 1915 - this station was 335 yards north of the original station and was constructed as there was a reasonable chance that the Sydney Harbour Bridge construction may soon commence. It didn't and the former arrangements were reinstated on 18 July 1915.
  • John Cowper said:
    Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection By chance I came across the following reference in relation to Milsons Point/Lavender Bay station last night: "NSWGR Weekly Notice No 31 of 1924 states "Milsons Point (Milsons Point - Hornsby line) - Bringing into Use New Signal-box at Lavender Bay, and opening of New Station Stage II". So there we have it ... the Railways Department called it "Milsons Point" ... the Public Works Department called it "Lavender Bay" - but to add a little inconsistency and spice to the discussion the Signal-box was identified as being "at Lavender Bay" I can understand the confusion in the official records - but, rest easy, at least the passengers knew where they were going! JC
  • John Cowper said:
    This is the finished construction