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All this Eastlink talk got me thinking the other night. I was looking for some old pics of the Eastern Freeway construction and dates as the Mrs. and I were talking about it's construction the other night when we were driving in from Eastlink. I had no idea when it was built or when the Monash was built for that matter. Anyhow I'm a bit of a sucker for old pics etc and found a cool site some of you might like to look at, it's got a search function and there is all kinds of cool stuff in there! You can pretty much see Melbourne being built!

Link is - Picture Victoria

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Work on the freeway entrance and the access from Hoddle Street. The shot tower and houses are visible in the background. Content of image: F19 Freeway

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Freeway shortly after it was opened with a train crossing the railway bridge and Victoria Park school visible on the right. Content of image: F19 Freeway ; Eastern Freeway

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The construction of the Morshead Overpass over Punt Road. The view from above looks along the Yarra with Hoddle Bridge in the foreground, past the MCG, with the city in the background.

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The photograph shows the construction of the Morshead Overpass which goes over Punt Rd. The picture was taken from ground level looking west from north side of the Yarra near Punt Rd, with the contractor's sheds visible to the right.

Awesome find! :P

I used to spend a lot of time on sites like 28dayslater.co.uk which were slightly different in that most were adandoned but were sites from yesteryear. I knew quite a few of my local ones. Has some cool things like hidden tunnels, secret London underground stations from the war etc. Can spend hours on there but is more of an urban exploration site.

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