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A little hard to work out what is happening here, however those stepped vented windows on the right look familiar and I think that is a stair at the south end of one of the current platforms that still exists.That would mean the works in the foreground are new, and the old station is in the background. I would say this is what covered the old Devonshire Street, the pedestrian tunnel now below this area. The building with the tram was parrallel (east-west) and fronting what was Devonshire Street, and the new (current) Central Station was way off the the right of the new tracks.

Now www.flickr.com/photos/highranger/9194485455/

Note a similar stairway down to the pedestrian tunnel at far left in this photo. www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/5599227004/in/gal...

So many memories.
They remind me so much of the times when I was young. Their clothing, hair, shoes etc. Even the housing is the same.
Behind green areas like this the heavy industry worked on.
Social history is a wonderful thing to study.

The man far left in the pale clothes is my grandfather Peter Ross Smith, he was manager of the shipyard when the Kelly was built and worked alongside Mountbatten. He received a signed letter of thanks and a signed photo from Mountbatten in 1939 (we still have them), and I have three of the flags that flew from the Kelly. He would have been approx 48 years old in that photo.

Steam crane, with vertical boiler. John H. Wilson and Company of Dock Road, Seacombe, Birkenhead www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im1873EnV36-p404.jpg

See thats the thing about Munster people, they are so much better behaved than their northern brothers and sisters! Look at the relaxed attitude of the passengers as they allow the ladies to go first (to check that the gangway is safe). As to the debate as to whether SS stood for steam or sail - Wikipedia comes down strongly in favour of Steam as Sailing Vessels had the designation SV (which I never ever saw being used:-0)

Shannon is a very famous name when it comes to ships. The English frigate Shannon was involved in a famous battle against over USS Chesapeake and was one of the very few to come through with a victory over a US ship off Boston. As far as I remember there was a Shannon serving the Shannon estuary right up to the 60's

Note the brass telegraphs port and starboard and the ships bell! Very beautifull

Micheál Cattigan I was admiring the bell but missed the telegraphs until you drew my attention. I also note the trunks for luggage, Michael O'Leary and Ruinair would have a field day with those, they'd never fit into the thingy:-)