Old Melbourne

1860s2 photos

Semaphore at Spencer St., 18641864Locomotive sheds Spencer Street opposite Collins Street, 18671867

1870s7 photos

Flinders St. Melbourne from Spencer St. in 18701870Flinders St. Melbourne from Spencer St. in 18701870Spencer Street yard 18721872Spencer Street rail yards, 18721872B.64.at Spencer St, 18731873B.64.at Spencer St, 18731873[Spencer Street railway yards and sheds], 1870s1870s

1880s7 photos

Spencer Street ferry, c. 1880c. 1880Sailors' Home Spencer St., Melbourne, c. 1880c. 1880Spencer Street rail yards, 18801880Spencer Street Passenger Yard, 18841884Spencer Street Station, c. 1885c. 1885Robb's Buildings south east corner of King and Collins Streets, looking down King Street to Spencer Street and the wharves, 1876–941876–94Spencer Street Station, 1876–941876–94

1890s10 photos

Railway Terminus, Spencer St. Melbourne, c. 1890c. 1890The New Railway Offices Spencer St Melb[ourne], 1889–911889–91Spencer Street Rail Yards, 1890–19001890–1900Flinders St - from Spencer St in 1895 (looking east)1895New railway goods shed at Spencer St, 1892–19001892–1900City of Melbourne Electric Light Station, Spencer St [another view], 1892–19001892–1900Spencer Street Railway Yards, 1892–19001892–1900Interior of the new railway goods shed at Spencer St, 1892–19001892–1900Factory Spencer Street, 18961896City of Melbourne Electric Light Station, Spencer St, 1892–19001892–1900

1900s18 photos

Group of men in workclothes posing in Spencer Street railway yards, c. 1900c. 1900[Train on a bridge in Melbourne, over Flinders and Spencer Streets intersection], 1890–19101890–1910Victorian Railways goods shed, Spencer Street railway yard, Melbourne, Victoria, 1900?1900?Railway offices, Melbourne, 1890–19101890–1910Race trains at Spencer St, 19011901ENGINE ROOM - SPENCER STREET POWER STATION, 19021902O.21 at Spencer St. [and] O.31. The Strike, 19031903Railway Offices, Spencer Street, c. 1903c. 1903Railway Offices, Spencer Street, 1895–19151895–1915Railway Offices, Spencer Street, 1895–19151895–1915Spencer Street, Melbourne, looking north, 1875–19381875–1938SPENCER ST. RAILWAY OFFICES, c. 1907c. 1907Spencer Street, Melbourne, c. 1908c. 1908Offices, Spencer Street, Melbourne, 1905–141905–14Offices, Spencer Street, Melbourne, 1905–141905–14Railway offices, Spencer Street, 1905–141905–14Overhead Railway, Spencer St. Melbourne, 1905–141905–14Railway yards west of Spencer Street, Melbourne, 1880–19381880–1938

1910s16 photos

Yarra river below Spencer Street, looking East, c. 1910c. 1910SPENCER ST. RAILWAY OFFICES, c. 1910c. 1910Shipping in the Yarra at the end of Spencer Street, 1906–141906–14Looking down Collins Street, Melbourne, from intersection at Elizabeth Street, showing World War 1 soldiers marching from Spencer Street. Crowds lining street, 1910–201910–20Collins Street, Melbourne, viewed from near Russell Street, looking towards Spencer Street, 1910–201910–20Elevated view of Collins Street, Melbourne, from beyond the Town Hall looking towards Spencer Street, 1910–201910–20Train on tracks at Spencer Street Station, 19151915New Country Platform at Spencer Street Station, 19151915Railway Buildings. [Spencer Street.], 19151915New Country Platform at Spencer Street Station, 19151915Spencer St, c. 1915c. 1915New Country Platform [Spencer St.], 19151915Laying Cables in Spencer St, 19151915Laying Cables in Spencer St, 19151915Erecting Girder on Pin Arch Structure at Spencer St, 1914–161914–16Erecting Girder on Pin Arch Structure at Spencer St. [a closer view than on P. 77], 1914–161914–16

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365 historic photos of Spencer Street, Melbourne, taken between 1864 and 1954, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 10 decades, with the most from the 1920s (189). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.