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	Market Gardeners Tram Plateway Market Gardeners Vehicle Metal Traffic Strips Centre Dandenong Road, near Grange Road Junction,, HEATHERTON VIC 3202 - Property No B2252	The Centre Dandenong Road market gardeners' tram rail is historically significant at the State level to the extent that it demonstrates a past way of life, being the practice of conveying vegetables to City markets by means of horse drawn wagons guided by iron rails. It recalls the once extensive system of such tracks, or "plates", having the Point Nepean Highway as their spine, and was unique when built for its design, which represened an advance over previous forms. The ... more	B2252	State

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Market Gardeners Tram Plateway

Market Gardeners Vehicle Metal Traffic Strips

Centre Dandenong Road, near Grange Road Junction,, HEATHERTON VIC 3202 - Property No B2252

The Centre Dandenong Road market gardeners' tram rail is historically significant at the State level to the extent that it demonstrates a past way of life, being the practice of conveying vegetables to City markets by means of horse drawn wagons guided by iron rails. It recalls the once extensive system of such tracks, or "plates", having the Point Nepean Highway as their spine, and was unique when built for its design, which represened an advance over previous forms. The ... more

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