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Before Port Melbourne’s railway pier had the bay to itself in the telling, Williamstown already put a goods railway onto a pier. Nettleton’s view looks down the sidings to square-riggers alongside the sheds, with coal or ballast lumps and small craft in the pocket. Tag it rail and port. It is not the live Sandridge pin.
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Industry & Infrastructure
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-37.8614, 144.9056
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1883
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Railway Pier, Williamstown, ca.1883: Industrial Maritime History
Railway Pier, Williamstown, ca.1883
1883
Explore this historic 1883 view of Railway Pier in Williamstown, showcasing the early goods railway, wharf infrastructure, and tall ships alongside the pier.
Before Port Melbourne’s railway pier had the bay to itself in the telling, Williamstown already put a goods railway onto a pier. Nettleton’s view looks down the sidings to square-riggers alongside the sheds, with coal or ballast lumps and small craft in the pocket. Tag it rail and port. It is not the live Sandridge pin.
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