City Loop Construction 1

City Loop Construction 1 1979

Photographer unknown

Registration number

1612045

Artist/maker

Photographer unknown

Title

City Loop Construction 1

Production date

1979

Medium

photographic paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

18.3 x 23.2 cm

Inscriptions

verso (typed note attached to the photo): MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND RAIL LOOP AUTHORITY / Construction of a ramp in Flinders Street Railway yards, not / far from Richmond Station, leading down to the Caulfield-Sandringham / rail loop tunnel. This underground loop serves all suburban / trains passing through Caulfield Station or running on the / Sandringham line. It is one of four such loops, each serving / a specific group of railway lines.

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Melbourne, trains, tunnels, Flinders Street Station, Richmond Station, construction, photography, 1979, 1970s

Summary

A colour photograph of a man walking out of the Caulfield-Sandringham rail loop tunnel in the Flinders Street railway yards, not far from Richmond Station. This tunnel was a part of the 1970s construction of the City Loop. The photograph was taken on 1st May, 1979.