Comments on: Melbourne’s Franklin Street and a railway signal box https://wongm.com/2017/05/franklin-street-west-melbourne-renamed-batman-street/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Mon, 02 May 2022 05:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2017/05/franklin-street-west-melbourne-renamed-batman-street/#comment-651485 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:43:44 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5811#comment-651485 In reply to Neal.

Thanks for the update Neal. There seems to be new stuff showing up on Trove every time I look!

]]> By: Neal https://wongm.com/2017/05/franklin-street-west-melbourne-renamed-batman-street/#comment-651344 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:15:44 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5811#comment-651344 I made some alterations on my W. G. Goetz History blog which you reference above, about the date of renaming of Franklin St to Batman St, based on The Age articles you found at Trove. Also clarified renumbering of the W. G. Goetz premises in Queen Street, which happened during the last few months of 1888 when the city council overhauled all the street numbers of the Melbourne CBD and some surrounding areas. I know this doesn’t have much to do with the signal box, but every little tid-bit of history info helps! I’m also a rail fan, so find all this very interesting. Thanks Marcus.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2017/05/franklin-street-west-melbourne-renamed-batman-street/#comment-437122 Tue, 30 May 2017 03:59:02 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5811#comment-437122 In reply to Bramley.

Good question regarding the statue – it remained in place in the fenced off forecourt at 447 Collins Street, but right now the entire area is just a big hole in the ground.

]]> By: Bramley https://wongm.com/2017/05/franklin-street-west-melbourne-renamed-batman-street/#comment-436444 Fri, 19 May 2017 14:40:33 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5811#comment-436444 He eventually got his statue, erected by council at 447 Collins https://wongm.com/tag/447-collins-street/ . With the building now demolished, I wonder what happened to it, and if it will be restored (or will it be shipped off to a park for unsavoury statues?).

Batman Avenue was named Yarra Bank Rd in that 1920 street directory.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2017/05/franklin-street-west-melbourne-renamed-batman-street/#comment-436258 Tue, 16 May 2017 03:32:44 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5811#comment-436258 In reply to Bobman.

Flinders Street Station have five signal boxes – ‘A’ in the west through ‘E’ in the west.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station#Signal_boxes

The box that burnt down was Flinders Street ‘A’ – since rebuilt as a youth arts centre.

]]> By: Bobman https://wongm.com/2017/05/franklin-street-west-melbourne-renamed-batman-street/#comment-436257 Tue, 16 May 2017 03:21:57 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5811#comment-436257 There was that other signal box if anyone recalls close to Flinders Street station and the old Sandridge railway bridge. It was destroyed by fire some time in the late 90s or early 00s from memory.

Can’t recall what it was called. Good article.

]]> By: Moonfriend https://wongm.com/2017/05/franklin-street-west-melbourne-renamed-batman-street/#comment-436251 Tue, 16 May 2017 00:21:13 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=5811#comment-436251 Meanwhile, Batman Park in Northcote is now called Gumbri Park thanks to Batman’s unsavoury actions during the Black Wars.

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