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Heritage

Brunswick West Tramway Substation

196A Dawson Street

The suburb’s one place on the Victorian Heritage Register (H2397). It powered the West Coburg tramway, and it is the only substation in Victoria that still has its complete mercury arc rectifier equipment.

From the Victorian Heritage Database, read 1 October 2026.

The streets around Brunswick West Tramway Substation, 196A Dawson Street, with its building marked.
Plan reference E6. Plan drawn from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and Microsoft’s building footprints, both ODbL, read 1 October 2026.