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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: LAYING THE TRAM TRACKS IN ROKEBY ROAD CIRCA 1900

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West Australian Newspapers

c. 1900

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Overview

The photograph was taken about where the clock now stands. Street trees have been planted and shelters erected around them.

Shows the laying the tramlines in Rokeby Road facing south with the Subiaco Gardens, fenced, on the left and the Municipal Offices just beyond. Doyle Court is in the background. Large rocks line both sides of the tracks. Residential dwellings line the road on the right. People can be seen in the distance walking along the tracks or between them.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.487.1

Item type

Themes

Transport
Transport > Trams

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

290 mm

Height or length

235 mm

Inscriptions and markings

West Australian Newspapers

Keywords

Rokeby Road, Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Road and transport history. Construction of tramlines in Rokeby Road

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