1874 Yarra River and Princes BridgeA photo from 1874 looking east along the Yarra, showing Melbourne's first Princes Bridge. The bridge's foundation stone was laid on March 20th 1846, with the bridge's opening on 15th Nov 1850. The stone arch bridge was designed by David Lennox, in a similar fashion to a bridge over the Severn River in Gloucester, that Lennox had been employed on between 1825 27. At the time Princes Bridge was the widest and flattest single arch stone bridge in the

/ compiled from drawings in the Survey Office and correctly revised till 1856

you can see from the left Port Phillip Bay

Photograph attributed to Fred Hardie

and once the Yan Yean supply of fresh water began to reach Melbourne in 1857 the Falls no longer served any purpose for the city

on the south-east corner of its intersection with Spencer Street

en route for Perim

NEW TUG TOORONGA

Prince's Bridge 38

where he looks in the opposite direction from over South Melbourne here

Building constructed of brick with shallow flight of steps leading to corner entrance

some traversing the Yarra river

A photograph from 1874 of Madeline Street