Historical information

Set of two colour slides showing the intersection of St Kilda Road, City Road and Sturt St. City Road at the start of work to lower City Road under St Kilda Road. The tracks along Sturt St had been diverted by Nolan St (now Southbank Blvd). The photo shows that only one of the tracks had been brought into use, the other still under construction.

Photography by Warren Doubleday.

Significance

Yields information on the start of the works to lower City Road under St Kilda Road 1-8-1970

Physical description

Set of two Anscochrome colour slides, of trackwork to place City Road under St Kilda Road.

.1 - SW6 959 on St.-Kilda Rd deviation - shows the Arts Centre and the scale of the deviation. The former tracks into City Road and Sturt St can be seen in the foreground.
.2 - SW6 878 - shows the Arts Centre, YMCA building the intersection with City Road and Sturt St

Inscriptions & markings

Has photographers slide numbers on each slide.