1874 Yarra River and Princes Bridge Yarra parks and major buildings of

parks and major buildings of the day

The doors on the far left clearly state "Ladies Only"

The old Fish Market was removed to make way for the new Flinders Street Railway Station

Aikman Street no longer exists

1874 Yarra River and Princes Bridge Yarra parks and major buildings ofA 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