Tramway Monument
Year erected
1908, moved several times
About the Tramway Monument
ln the 19th century, transport between Ryde and Sydney was by road and river.
The first Gladesville Bridge opened in 1882 and the Meadowbank Railway Bridge in 1886.
The tram service to Ryde started in 1908 after years of campaigning, and work began with a sod-turning ceremony when this monument was erected as an ornamental street lamp.
The lamp was unveiled by the Minister for Works. The monument was later shifted, without the lamp or its pedestal, to an island in Devlin Street at Hatton's FIat near the tram terminus which operated between 1910 and 1949. During the construction of the Ryde Civic Centre in 1962-63, the monument was moved to the bus terminus.
ln 2008-10 during construction of the new Top Ryde City Shopping Centre, the monument was moved for the third time to opposite the Masonic Lodge behind the Civic Hall and in 2019 it returned to almost its original location, but still without the lamp.
Location
On the footpath at the intersection of Church Street and Blaxland Road., Ryde 2112 View Map
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On the footpath at the intersection of Church Street and Blaxland Road. ,
Ryde 2112
On the footpath at the intersection of Church Street and Blaxland Road. ,
Ryde 2112
Tramway Monument