A view of the old Cordial Factory/ Flour Store on the C H Smith site when the waters edge came right to the door and ships were easily loaded/unloaded pre 1900 (photo probably c 1870).
This building was one of the first to be seen by visitors as boats arrived in Launceston on their way to Queens Wharf in the North Esk River to tie up......and also the last vision as boats left to take our young soldier recruits off to the Boer War and WW1.
This old relic is a must-save as it is older than any building surviving in the City of Melbourne.
Please don’t let it be knocked down.
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Wow, I didn't realise that the water came that close to the old C H Smith warehouses. This is no-brainer for protection and restoration. I thought it was some insignificant old store in a quiet backstreet, probably unimportant, but this photo proves it not to be the case.
ReplyDeleteI will now campaign for it to be retained and restored just as the owner promised when he bought it,
I can imagine the little sailing boats tying up there and loading/unloading precious cargos coming to and fro from far off mystical lands. The excitement in the little town that these goods were available to them. The sailors who bravely battled the dangers of the high seas to reach this destination with only the stars and a compass to guide them. The womenfolk left behind on shore to care for the family, sometimes never to see their menfolk ever again.
The rum flowing in the Riverview pub across the road at a days or journeys end. The convict settlement agog at a new life unfolding and the opportunity to start all over again in new and strange lands. The little dugout canoes sailed by aboriginal folk and tied up in the nearby marshes to hunt the swans and then feast into the night around a campfire with the reflections of the dancing flames illuminating the happy faces.
Oh where has our society gone that we would ever question retaining such an important remnant of our glorious past.