Article: Old tram becomes toast of town

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Old tram becomes toast of town

Old tram becomes toast of town
Article from: Herald Sun

Ian Royall

March 12, 2008 12:00am

MELBOURNE'S oldest surviving "toast rack" tram has become the first vehicle to be included on the Victorian Heritage Register.

The tram will receive the state's highest heritage status.

The open-sided electric tram No. 13 entered service in October 1906 and was still running in some capacity as recently as 1998.

It was restored in 1978 and last year VicTrack repainted it in its original colours.

Planning Minister Justin Madden will announce the listing today.

He said the tram was a wonderful reminder of the electric tram era.

In 1925 the tram was converted into a freight vehicle, moving equipment around the city until 1975.

It will now be based at the Melbourne Tram Museum in Hawthorn.

They were known as toast racks because of their open sides, enabling people to get on and off quickly.

The Heritage Council of Victoria also listed three more underground public toilets and an operating cast-iron urinal on Nicholson St, East Melbourne.

Decommissioned underground toilets at the corner of King and Hawke streets in West Melbourne, and those on Flinders St near the corner of Elizabeth St, have been listed.

The women's and men's toilets on Faraday St in Carlton, which are still in use, are now on the register.

Richmond's St Ignatius Church has also been included.

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The Dunny preservation is quite interesting  . I think most of the old Dunnies in Brisbane would be gone by now.