1874 Carlton, Looking east along Faraday Street Victoria Maps She was built as a

She was built as a steam tug in Sunderland (England) in 1886

Notes from the State Library tell us that this image is "Looking across Spring Street towards Princess Theatre

"Public Offices and Treasury Gardens"

Melbourne's water supply problem was remedied by the construction of the Yan Yean Reservoir in 1857 and the pipeline which connected the reservoir to the city

The foundations were also failing due to the swampy soils on the riverbank

1874 Carlton, Looking east along Faraday Street Victoria Maps She was built as aFaraday Street in Carlton, 1874, looking to the east over Lygon Street, down to Nicholson Street, where we see Carlton College, some 700m away from the photographer. A number of buildings in the photo still exist, including the Melbourne and Tea Company's structure on the left, now (2024) a liquor store occupied by King and Godfree, and the "London Chartered Bank of Australia" building, now (2024) occupied by "Grill'd Burgers". Carlton College the