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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Minute book - Cable tram operational history notes and records, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), up to 1930
Compiled by an unknown person as a record book of cable tram operational tickets or fare history for each location with general notes and some notes on electric trams. Pages 1 to 23 and pages 123 and 124 - General history of cable and electric trams with notes on tickets, trams, buses, events, and operational management. Compiled through to 26/10/1930, with some loose notes about the final closure of the cable tram system. For each cable tram car house (depot), Power House or Winding house, or route, notes on tickets, dates, rope speed, fares, replacement electric services or buses. Richmond Fitzroy Fitzroy and South Melbourne line Victoria St Clifton Hill Nicholson St Exhibition (route or line) Brunswick Royal Park Carlton Prahran Toorak' Queensberry St North Carlton Esplanade with details on bus services Windsor St Kilda (Brighton Road) North Melbourne West Melbourne' South Melbourne Port Melbourne' Northcote Kew (horse) Elsternwick (electric) At rear of book is four page document that gives information on the electric tram system, routes, cable. fares and first and last services for each line. Mid 1920s as the West Coburg service noted. Yields information Melbourne cable tram fares, ticket issuing and general history of the MMTB.Book - heavy card covers with paper imitation leather finish with red tape on left hand side and labelled "Minute Book", bound with 8 sewn sections, approx 200 foolscap pages, ruled sheets, numbered in pencil from 1 to 124 used to record information in ink.tramways, cable trams, fares, tickets, electric trams, melbourne, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Hugh Waldron, "History of Kew Depot", 21/6/2024
Digital document - "History of Kew Depot" by Hugh Waldron from the establishment of tramways in the area including steam tramways, horse tramways, background history to tramways, cable trams, building of the depot by the PMTT in 1915, operation by the MMTB, events, people, incidents, through to July 2017. Includes a bio of the author on page 54. Updated to 21/6/2024.Yields information about the history of Kew Depot and its relationship with Melbourne tramways.Digital document - 54 A4 pagestramways, crews, depots, kew depot, history, hugh waldron -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Kew Depot Committee - AETA, Reproduction of a PMTT 2 pence 1916 ticket, 1991
Reproduction of a PMTT 2 pence 1916 ticket, for the White Horse Road Extension Mont Albert - from Burke Road, issued as part of the 75 years of Kew Tram Depot, 1991. On the rear of the ticket are the details of the celebrations, supported by the Tramways Union and ticket from the archives of the TMSV. Has a Kew Tram Depot celebratory stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, kew depot, celebrations, pmtt, mont albert, burke rd -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Artwork, other, Swanston Street Melbourne 1863
Colour print of a reproduction of an oil painting - Swanston Street from a point north of Little Bourke St looking south towards the Kings Domain. Reproduced by Kew Cottages and St Nicholas Parent's Association from a original print and lithographed by F Cogne, printed and published by Charles Troedel in his Melbourne Album 1863. Appears to have a number of horse drawn cabs parked in the centre of the street.Yields information about early Melbourne after the start of the gold rush.Reproduction of an oil painting - card - Swanston Street Melbourne 1863melbourne, horse drawn vehicles, swanston st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Specification, Melbourne Tramways Trust (MTT), Kew Horse Tramway - Contract No. 53, 1887
... Kew horse tram... the construction of the Kew horse tram line. MTT Melbourne Tramways Trust ...Provides a detailed specification of materials to be supplied and the works to be performed for the construction of the Kew Horse Tramway between Victoria Bridge and the Kew Cemetery. Has a schedule of rates. Details materials to be supplied by the contractor. Note it is headed "City of Melbourne Tramways". The Kew Horse Tramway was opened 28-12-1887. It was built by the Melbourne Tramways Trust and operated by the cable tram operator, Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. Yields information about the construction of the Kew horse tram line.Printed 5 page foolscap document stapled with a cut diagonal piece in the top left hand corner titled - Kew Horse Tramway - Contract No. 53.mtt, melbourne tramways trust, horse trams, kew horse tram, victoria bridge