1874 Richmond - Church Street Melbourne 1800-1820 Paul's Cathedral was also completed

Paul's Cathedral was also completed to this point by 1891

but floods and strong tidal surges eventually broke the artificial walls away

The Falls were an ancient basalt ridge (roughly located where Queens Bridge is today) that created a low barrier across the river

in the period between when it was completed and the outbreak of World War I

Francis Walker

1874 Richmond - Church Street Melbourne 1800-1820 Paul's Cathedral was also completedA photo from 1874, looking south down Church Street from the corner of Gipps Street. Swan Street crosses further down, with the Swan Hotel on the south east corner. A little further south we can see the bluestone walls that are part of the railway tunnel that connects East Richmond Station (known at the time as Church Street Station) with Burnley Station. Church Street deviates to the left a little and finishes at the Yarra River, and continues south