1916 Collins Street looking West from Elizabeth Street Falls The area south of the

The area south of the viaduct was then occupied by a number of wharves that had been an essential part of Melbourne's history

and was lost when she sank in the Yarra in 1962 near Flinders Street Station

) and two horse drawn carts

with the first service in 1854

1916 Collins Street looking West from Elizabeth Street Falls The area south of theA busy day on Collins Street, taken in 1916. Looking West along Collins Street, from the Elizabeth Street intersection. Though the image is catalogued as 1916, there are no soldiers or War posters visible, so it may have be taken between 1910 1914 or even after World War I. All text HotPress Notes from the State Library of Victoria tell us that the image "Shows the Spencer Street tram (actually it is the Spring Street tram), and the premises of R.