Melbourne Tram Museum

Hawthorn tram depot was built in April 1916 by the Hawthorn Tramways Trust (HTT).

It was built on the corner of Power Street and Wallen Road, Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The depot was close to the junction of the HTT's two main lines. It was taken over by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) in .... The depot closed as a running depot on 13 February 1965, but was kept in use for training and uniform manufacture until the 1990s.. In August 1998, Transport Minister Robin Cooper announced the site would be redeveloped as a residential complex by the Urban Land Corporation, with part of the depot to be retained as a museum. The museum was opened by Transport Minister Peter Batchelor on 19 January 2003.