FORMER CABLE TRAM ENGINE HOUSE

1021-1029 RATHDOWNE STREET and 440 PARK STREET CARLTON NORTH, YARRA CITY

STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE: Built in 1889, the North Carlton cable tram complex, located at the northern end of Rathdowne Street, consists of the engine house built for the…

FORMER CABLE TRAM ENGINE HOUSE

46-48 NICHOLSON STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY

WHEA AREA OF GREATER SIGNIFICANCE The former Nicholson Street Cable Tram Engine House, was built in 1886-1887 for the Melbourne Tramway Trust who leased it to the Melbourne Tramway and…

MARKET GARDENERS TRAM PLATEWAY

CENTRE DANDENONG ROAD HEATHERTON, Kingston City

The former Centre Dandenong Road plateway, installed in 1908-9 and used until the mid 1930s, was probably the last of a number of plateways which were laid along the semi rural roads on the…

TRAMWAY BRIDGE

STEEL BRIDGE TRACK AMOR and AUSTRALIAN ALPS WALKING TRACK WALHALLA, BAW BAW SHIRE

The Tramway Bridge over Thomson River, Poverty Point, Walhalla, was constructed in 1900 by Dorman Long (London, England), and erected by Austral Otis Co (South Melbourne). Used on a…

TRAM SHELTER

MACARTHUR STREET and ST ANDREWS PLACE EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

In the early years of the twentieth century the cable tram network of inner Melbourne, which had been built in the 1880s, was augmented by an electric tram network built by municipal tramways…

MALVERN TRAM DEPOT

COLDBLO ROAD ARMADALE, STONNINGTON CITY

The Malvern Tram Depot, consisting of the car sheds on both side of Coldblo Road, the substation, the small office building in the south-east corner of the site, the brick garages in the…

FORMER NORTHCOTE CABLE TRAMWAYS SITE

626-628 HIGH STREET THORNBURY, DAREBIN CITY

The Former Northcote Cable Tramways Site is situated on the corner of High Street and Martin Street in Thornbury. The site includes the former Northcote cable tram building which was built…

FORMER CABLE TRAM ENGINE HOUSE & TRAM SUBSTATION

253-263 BRUNSWICK ROAD BRUNSWICK, Moreland City

The 1887 Former Cable Tram Engine House on the corner of Brunswick Road and Black Street at Brunswick, including the Tram Substation added within it in 1936. History Summary The former…

TRAM SHELTER

ST KILDA ROAD and DORCAS STREET MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY

In the early years of the twentieth century the cable tram network of inner Melbourne, which had been built in the 1880s, was augmented by an electric tram network built and operated by…

KOONDROOK TRAM COMPLEX

KERANG TRAM LINE KOONDROOK, Gannawarra Shire

In 1889 the Shire tramway from Kerang to Koondrook on the Murray River was opened to traffic. It was constructed as a result of the Shire Council Tramways Act of 1886 allowing loans to be…

TRAM VERANDAH SHELTER

CORNER BALACLAVA AND ORRONG ROADS CAULFIELD NORTH, GLEN EIRA CITY

The waiting shelter at the corner of Balaclava Road and Orrong Road, Caulfield was constructed in 1916/17 for the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust and is one of only three remaining tram…

BENDIGO TRAM SHEDS, OFFICES AND POWER STATION

75 HARGREAVES STREET AND 4 LANSELL STREET BENDIGO, Greater Bendigo City

The Bendigo Tramshed, Tramway Offices and Powerstation were built in 1903 for the Electric Supply Co of Victoria, a subsidiary of The British Insulated Wire Co of Prescot, England. The…

FORMER HAWTHORN TRAMWAYS TRUST DEPOT

8 WALLEN ROAD HAWTHORN, Boroondara City

The Hawthorn Tram Depot was opened in 1916 by the Hawthorn Tramways Trust. Built on a prominent site at the junction of Power Street and Wallen Road, Hawthorn, the depot was centrally placed…

FORMER CABLE TRAMWAY ENGINE HOUSE AND CABLE TRAM TRACK FORMATION

187-201 ABBOTSFORD STREET NORTH MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The former North Melbourne cable tramway engine house, which operated between 1890 and 1935 to power the cars of the North and West Melbourne lines, was one of eleven engine houses built by…

ORNAMENTAL TRAMWAY OVERHEAD POLES

PALL MALL BENDIGO, Greater Bendigo City

The Bendigo overhead electric tramway poles were installed as part of the expansion and electrification of the Bendigo tramway system in 1903. This expansion was financed by the British…

TRAM SHELTER

CORNER DANDENONG AND ALMA ROAD CAULFIELD NORTH, GLEN EIRA CITY

The waiting shelter at Dandenong Road, Caulfield was built in 1912 to a design by Leonard J. Flannagan, chief architect for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust. The shelter is…

GRAND UNION TRAMWAY JUNCTION

HAWTHORN ROAD and BALACLAVA ROAD CAULFIELD NORTH, GLEN EIRA CITY

The Grand Union Tramway Junction at the junction of Balaclava Road and Hawthorn Road, Caulfield is an example of a complex tram track intersection; the four-way junction allowing tramcars to…

ESSENDON TRAMWAY DEPOT

318 MOUNT ALEXANDER ROAD TRAVANCORE, Moonee Valley City

The Essendon tramway depot was established by the North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company in 1906 to serve its lines through Essendon and Maribyrnong. The gable roofed car…

TRAMWAY SIGNAL CABIN, WAITING SHELTER AND CONVENIENCES

SWANSTON STREET and VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Tramway Signal Cabin, Waiting Shelter and Conveniences were built in 1928 to the design of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board architect Alan G Monsbourgh. . It was built soon…

FORMER MELBOURNE OMNIBUS COMPANYS STABLES

36-58 MACAULAY ROAD NORTH MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

What is significant The Hotham (North Melbourne) stables of the Melbourne Omnibus Company, built in 1873, were the third of a series of eleven stables established by the company for their…

PRESTON TRAMWAY WORKSHOPS

16-18 MILLER STREET PRESTON, DAREBIN CITY

The first section of the Preston tramway workshops, built for the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1924-28, comprised a group of five large brick industrial buildings for the…

MARIBYRNONG TRAM SUBSTATION

149A and 149B RALEIGH ROAD MARIBYRNONG, MARIBYRNONG CITY

The Tram Substation at Maribyrnong is a reinforced concrete building, constructed in 1941-42, which has an irregularly shaped roof intended to camouflage the building when viewed from the…

CARLTON TRAM SUBSTATION

214-222 QUEENSBERRY STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY

The Carlton Tram Substation at 214 Queensberry Street, built in 1925 and extended in 1964. History Summary The Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB) was established by the…

FORMER SOUTH YARRA TRAM SUBSTATION

2 DALY STREET SOUTH YARRA, STONNINGTON CITY

The Former South Yarra Tram Substation, constructed by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB) in 1927. History Summary The Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board was…

TRAM VERANDAH SHELTER

COTHAM ROAD KEW, Boroondara City

The waiting shelter at Cotham Road, Kew was constructed circa 1913 for the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust and is one of only three remaining tram shelters in Melbourne designed in the…