The Daily Times
VOLUME No. 5 ISSUE 12. THURSDAY MORNING MAY 8, 1887
Melbourne, now the second-largest city in the British Empire, is one of the largest cities in the world in terms of area. With a population of 280,000 in 1880, it is dubbed “Marvellous Melbourne” by amazed visitors. Citizens now strut the streets, bursting with pride and optimism as their city continues boom.
“Marvellous Melbourne” showcases its strong economic growth through several active industries including manufacturing, brick making, blacksmithing, tanning, ham and bacon, and the wool industry.
Major tanning industries were opportunistic in utilizing the open spaces to initiate what is now significant tanneries.
Early skin washing and tanning industries …show more content…
However, there was little evidence of development and potential industrial sites back then.
Melbourne’s new suburbs are serviced by trams which are among the largest and most modern in the world. At its peak the cable system was 75 kilometres of double track, with 1200 grips and trailers and 17 routes.
Our cable tram system was started by Francis Boardman Clapp in 1877. After some initial resistance, he successfully lobbied the government to pass the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company Act 1883 on 10 October 1833, granting the company the right to operate a cable tram system in Melbourne.
Although some were originally intended to be horse trams, they only operated on the edges of the system as the core of the system was built as cable trams.
The first cable tram line opened on 11 November 1885, running from Bourke Street to Hawthorn Bridge, along Spencer Street, Flinders Street, Wellington Parade and Bridge Road.
Despite the fact that the cable trams can get you to places quicker, the trams occupy more the streets making it more congested and cluttered. A wheel of about 10 feet in diameter, driven by an engine, is connected to one 24 feet in diameter by a series of hemp ropes for the purpose of reducing the velocity of
VOLUME No. 5 ISSUE 12. THURSDAY MORNING MAY 8, 1887
Melbourne, now the second-largest city in the British Empire, is one of the largest cities in the world in terms of area. With a population of 280,000 in 1880, it is dubbed “Marvellous Melbourne” by amazed visitors. Citizens now strut the streets, bursting with pride and optimism as their city continues boom.
“Marvellous Melbourne” showcases its strong economic growth through several active industries including manufacturing, brick making, blacksmithing, tanning, ham and bacon, and the wool industry.
Major tanning industries were opportunistic in utilizing the open spaces to initiate what is now significant tanneries.
Early skin washing and tanning industries …show more content…
However, there was little evidence of development and potential industrial sites back then.
Melbourne’s new suburbs are serviced by trams which are among the largest and most modern in the world. At its peak the cable system was 75 kilometres of double track, with 1200 grips and trailers and 17 routes.
Our cable tram system was started by Francis Boardman Clapp in 1877. After some initial resistance, he successfully lobbied the government to pass the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company Act 1883 on 10 October 1833, granting the company the right to operate a cable tram system in Melbourne.
Although some were originally intended to be horse trams, they only operated on the edges of the system as the core of the system was built as cable trams.
The first cable tram line opened on 11 November 1885, running from Bourke Street to Hawthorn Bridge, along Spencer Street, Flinders Street, Wellington Parade and Bridge Road.
Despite the fact that the cable trams can get you to places quicker, the trams occupy more the streets making it more congested and cluttered. A wheel of about 10 feet in diameter, driven by an engine, is connected to one 24 feet in diameter by a series of hemp ropes for the purpose of reducing the velocity of