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4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Mounting Tray MT-1029/VRC, abt 1970's
Used as part of the radio harness of all M113 vehicles and truck and ground stations Equipment used by The RegimentRadio mounting tray as used in all M113 family of vehicles. Consists of a base tray and a top tray on anti-vibration mounts. The top tray has a junction box for connecting radio and harness cablings, and two clamping devices to hold the radio MT-1029/VRC No 6731Bradio mounting tray -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Crane
Crane attached to wharf with single wooden spar hand operated with single metal cable, hook and eye with becket and thimble. Metal turning handle with locking brake and provision to use handle on other side of 3 gearing wheels. [number not found]flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, crane -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, New General and Mining Telegraphy Code, 1907, 1907
Red hard covered book of 673 pages. Contents include vocabulary, skeleton code, English Money, American MOney, number, Assays, Letters, Cables, Points of the Compass, Electric Lighting, Bankers, Finance, Skeleton Code for Addenda, Morse Alphabet Stamped "Great Carpentaria Copper Mining Company No Liability"great carpentaria copper mining company no liability, mining, telegraph, telegraphy, morse code, morse alphabet, code, mining telegraphy code -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - POSTCARD BLACK AND WHITE: ELIZABETH STREET MELBOURNE EARLY 1900'S
POSTCARD black and white photo ELIZABETH STREET MELBOURNE EARLY 1900'S Elizabeth St Melbourne early 1900's horses and carts and cable trams / looking from Flinders st towards the GPO / addressed to miss D Ashleypostcard, photograph, various themes, elizabeth street melbourne early 1900's elizabeth st melbourne early 1900's horses and carts and cable trams / looking from flinders st towards the gpo -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Special Notice - Last Cars", 13/01/1920 12:00:00 AM
Memorandum - dated 13/1/1920, issued by the MMTB advising that a bonus will be issued similar to cable tram gripmen and conductors (see Reg Item 4247) to all employees. Signed by W Strangward as Acting General Manager using a rubber stamp.trams, tramways, tramway board, mmtb, wages, employees -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, 1940
Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of a cable tram set, trailer 550 running westbound in Bourke St crossing William St with the Menzies building in the background. The gripman has his hands on the respective levers as the tram moves cross the intersection.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, william st, tram 550 -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Equipment - Signal Lamp
Part of collection of maritime artefacts donated by Wilfred Libby. Timber crate containing hand light [Aldis Lamp], resister with cable plug and switch [as lamp was converted to 240v power], envelope containing glass screen, five Mazda light gobes. Signal Lamp converted to 240v with accessories [glass screen and globes]Timber crate: Lantern outfit, Patt W 1061 Resister: Admiralty Pattern W 1000; Resistance 50.5 Ohms, 2.18 Amps. Serial Number No ES 474024 Year 1943 Globe: The British Thompson Houston Co.aldis lamp, mazda light globes -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet - PTC, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "100 years of Melbourne Trams", 1985
Produced to celebrate 100 years of trams in Melbourne. Gives a brief history of Melbourne cable trams, horse trams, first electric trams, the MMTB, Rolling stock and the transition to the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Printed under the Public Transport Corporation logo.Yields information about the history of Melbourne's trams.Four page A4, folded A3 printed two colours, on gloss paper.melbourne, public transport, tramways, history, cable trams, mmtb, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Sands McDougall, "Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs", c1906
Shows railways, cable and electric tram lines c1906. One of a number of maps produced by Sands McDougall of Collins St. Includes the MTOCo horse tram lines and the Caulfield horse tram lines. See items 2885 and 6573 for other editions. Yields information about Melbourne c1906 and its public transport lines. Map - folded sheet of paper 5 sections wide x 4 sections or folds deep contained within a light grey paper cover titled "Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs"maps, melbourne, cable trams, tramways, railways, horse trams, nmetl, vr trams, sands mcdougall -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Parliament of Victoria, "Report of the Royal Commission - Railway and Tramway systems on Melbourne and Suburbs", Nov. 1911
Report - 42 pages, 3 sections, stapled on the left hand edge, titled "Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the Railway and Tramway systems on Melbourne and Suburbs" - dated 1911. Looks at the state of the Suburban rail system, finances, electrification's, costs, evidence of Mr. Merz, advantages of the electrification, power supply and standards, whether AC or DC, duplication, Glen Iris line, conclusions and recommendations. Tramway - summarises the current tramways operating, cable system and operational stats, the current tramway systems, other cities, relative merits, future tramways for Melbourne, operational speeds, use of cable conduits for electric traction, conversion, municipal control , control of the tramways by the railways, a general scheme, formation of a larger tramway trust and its management, purchase of the cable tramways and recommendations. Note: This document is available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website. 2nd copy added 2-1-2019 from donation of Norm Cross.In ink in the top right hand corner "TB"trams, tramways, tramways, cable trams, finances, conversion, railways, royal commission, costs -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1975
Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of a former grip car being transport on a jinker, pulled by three horses. Photo - Victoria Ave at the corner of Beaconsfield Pde - with the Bleak House Hotel in the background. Advised by Mal Rowe. From an email from Robert Green, 19-08-2021 - advised "The Herald of 10 May 1935, p.4 has the following little paragraph : Cable Tram Tableau Entitled “Transport Cavalcade”: Horse-laughs - real ones – were heard today when a team of horses, drawing a lorry upon which was a dis-used cable tram dummy sporting “Collins Street” upon the front and “South Melb Beach” at the rear, passed along Swanston Street. Neddy’s superiority complex at seeing out these early manifestations of our mechanical age was heightened when the front wheel of a nearby motor-truck fell off." Image has been reproduced from a movie - Commuting by Cable?Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, beaconsfield parade, albert park -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, G. McEldowney, "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", Nov. 1985
Thirty Two page book, A4 landscape format, saddle stapled, titled "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association in 1985. Colour cover featuring drawings of Melbourne trams from cable trams to articulated electric trams. Has foreword by Tom Roper, Minister for Transport. Book published to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the first cable tram in Melbourne, 11/11/1885. Reviews the history of trams in Melbourne, cable trams, horse trams, Clapp, municipal tramways, electric trams, MMTB, buses, Preston Workshops, Wattle Park and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Notes the MTA winning the tender to building the Kowloon - Canton Light Rail system and Melbourne's Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System. Has colour photos and sepia toned (black and white) photos throughout. Second copy added 26-6-17 from donation of Neil Elfick.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mta, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Argus, "Last of Cable Trams / Quiet passing after secret send-off", 28/10/1940 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper Clipping - from The Argus 28 October 1940, titled "Last of Cable Trams / Quiet passing after secret send-off", about the closure of the Bourke St cable tram routes the previous Saturday nights when the trams were withdrawn prior to the schedule time and replaced by buses. Gives details of the last tram, crews etc. Notes the driver of the last Nicholson St tram as J. Peden, conductor A. C. Craven, Mr. M. McSweeney as the bus depot dispatcher, Mr. E. Lang as the first driver and conductor, Mr. J. Lee. Also quotes Mr Bell that the tram tracks would be kept in running order if needed, but new cables would be needed. A check with Trove shows the Argus as the source of the newspaper. On the rear of the cutting (3rd last item) is a note that Mr. J. K. Moir will be talking about the first electric tram at a Historical Society meeting."28 October 1940" written in ink on the top edge.trams, tramways, clifton hill, northcote, nicholson st, closure, cable trams, crews, bourke st, buses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - St Kilda Road near City Road
Photo 1 - looking north from the point where St Kilda Road widened after crossing Princes Bridge. Has the Edmund Fitzgibbon monument on the left. One cable tram set is making its way into the City. Has Flinders St Station in the background, along with a number of motor cars and one horse drawn vehicle behind the monument and another behind a sign. In the far distance is an advertisement for The Herald newspaper. Photo 1910c Photo 2 - looking south from near the end of the bridge, with seven cable cars in the view, along with motors cars and two horse drawn vehicles. Government House can be seen on the left horizon.Yields information about St Kilda Road c1910.Set of two black and white photographs of" .1 - St Kilda Road near City Road looking north - with Edmund FitzGibbon monument .2 - looking southtramways, trams, cable cars, flinders street station, st kilda road, princes bridge, monuments, edmund fitzgibbon -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, National Trust, "Trust News - Vol 18 No 8", March 1990
Published by the National Trust Victoria features a front cover photo of the interior of an SW5 class car by Brian Gilkes. Has an article by Frank Strahan on Melbourne W class trams and puts a case for their classification. Includes a photo of the Great Strike lineup of trams in Bourke St, An article by Celestina Sagazio on Melbourne's cable tram system looks at its history, remaining buildings, and Alf Twentyman's cable cars. Concludes with a note on the impending demolition of the Richmond Power or Engine house on the corner of Bridge Road and Hoddle St. Notes the moves to retain it and includes a photo of the building by Brian Gilkes. There is also an article on the Port Melbourne railway line, its heritage, and demolition.Yields information about the National Trust's proposals for the W class trams, cable trams and the Port Melbourne rail line.Magazine - 32 pages - part colour centre stapled.national trust, cable trams, w class trams, tramways, richmond, engine houses, port melbourne railway -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Section of cable tram track - Bourke St at Spencer St, c1960
The photograph shows a section of remnant track at the intersection of Bourke and Spencer Sts that remained until it was removed on 25/8/1987 when connecting curves were installed at Bourke and Spencer Streets, forming a double track triangular junction, in preparation for the conversion of the St Kilda and Port Melbourne railway lines to 'light rail'. This necessitated the removal of the last few metres of cable car track in Melbourne, which had been left in situ at the former Bourke Street terminus as a reminder of bygone days. Shows two inspection pits in the short section of the cable slot. Photo late 1960s after the construction of the Spencer St railway station building. Photographer unknown.Yields information of last section of visible cable tram track in the city area.Black and white photograph on Ilford papertramways, cable trams, track work, bourke st, spencer st, cable track -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Parade, "TRAMS ...." - tram 37 in Lydiard St North, Jan. 1970
Clipping of three pages from "Parade" Jan. 1970, pages 20 to 22, of an article entitled "TRAMS . . . " featuring a story on trams in Australia, from horse to cable from electric trams to no trams except in Melbourne, Bendigo and Ballarat and one in SA. Features photo of the Pitt St. line in Sydney, Melbourne Cable tram, SEC Ballarat tram 37 (see image) and W2 329 in Wellington Parade Melbourne. Written by Brian Carroll. On off white paper, with some single colour overlays. Photo of 37 in Ballarat in Lydiard St. North, just south of Railway Station.trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, australian trams, melbourne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, "Worked 27 years without holiday", 1940
Newspaper clipping contained within Reg. Item 2526, page 48, titled "Worked 27 years without holiday" about the working conditions on early Melbourne cable trams. Quotes Mr. John Cain (Senior) about the working conditions on the Clifton Hill and Northcote cable trams that are about to be replaced by double deck buses. Compares working conditions with that of the MMTB. Notes that some employees worked 27 years without a holiday. Notes pay rates, retirement gratuity, the history of the Northcote services, private operation and Municipal operation prior to MMTB operation. Note Item Not formally Numbered. melbourne, cable trams, northcote, clifton hill, personnel -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Research Notes, Extracts from the Victorian Year Book 1909-16 and 1954, c1960?
Yields information about Melbourne tramway trusts, track mileage, tramway Acts and Melbourne trams sold to the SEC.Set of four typed or handwritten research notes on line quarto paper. Not known who prepared them. .1 - Extracts from the Victorian Year Book 1909-16 and 1954 - notes on the trust, cable tram company, cable tram trust, electric tramway trusts. .2 Tramway Mileage (track) for Victoria except VR trams - from the year books, MMTB and SEC, 1901-09, 1913-14, 1950-54, SEC 1955-1960. .3 Tramway Acts - handwritten - 1910 to 1922 .4 - List of MMTB Cars sold to SEC, and others - handwritten trams, tramways, sec, mmtb, tramcars, track -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, I. Macmeikan, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, "Melbourne Cable Tramways - General Report on their Construction Operation and Maintenance", mid 1950's?
Report - 114 pages, photocopied from an original, black comb bound with front clear plastic cover and rear mania cover titled "Melbourne Cable Tramways - General Report on their Construction Operation and Maintenance", prepared by I. Macmeikan - Assistant Superintendent Cable workshops 1920 - 1930 and Manager Preston Workshops 1951 - 1956. Has details of the construction of the system, car depots, car workings and maintenance, power houses or winding houses or engine houses, route colours, parts for the trams, grip mechanisms and its operations including the actual calculations for their operation. Published by the MMTB.trams, tramways, cable trams, mmtb, grip tram, winding houses, operations -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Petroleum Information Bureau (Australia), "Petroleum Gazette", "Hold on Around the Curve Please", Dec. 1970
Magazine - 32 pages - black and white - "Petroleum Gazette", Vol 16, No. 4, December 1970, containing a 7 page article on Melbourne's cable trams, titled "Hold on Around the Curve Please". Has a photo of Alf Twentyman, various photos, Alf's acquisition of a cable tram set, how the system worked, and the trammies or crews who worked them Published by the Petroleum Information Bureau (Australia). Also contains items on floating aerodromes, oil search in New Zealand, road tankers, plastic cars and ultrasonic sound to find pipe defects and general news.In ink "P114-120" on top right hand corner of the cover page.trams, tramways, cable trams, melbourne, mto co, mtt -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Plan of Tramway System - showing route mileage of electric tramways", Late 1960's
Drawings - dyeline print - titled - "Plan of Tramway System - showing route mileage of electric tramways" - Principal Junctions and intersections shown diagrammatically. Map of system shown at 40 chains to the inch. Drawing No. P6050. Shows crossovers, signal cabins, automatic points, closed cable tram lines in the city area, roads, railways and stations. Originally signed by Perway Engineer - 31-7-1951, last update March 1963. Has a list in the bottom left hand corner of abandoned cable tram lines. See Reg Item 1638 for a 1987 version and 3642 for a 1941 version.trams, tramways, mmtb, trackwork, tramways, junction, map -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB By-Laws, 1921
Printed or photocopied documents - MMTB By-Laws. .1 - photocopied single page sheet - By Law No.1 - dated 13-2-1920, approved by Governor in Council 9-3-1920 re Sections of Cable Tramway Routes and Regulations under the MMTB Act 1918 regarding the Tramways Appeal Board and who it was to function. .2 - Printed sheet - By Law No. 2 - dated 23-7-1920 regarding cable tram fares on the Northcote Municipal Tramways. .3 - Typed carbon copy - By Law No. 3 - dated 13-1-1921 regarding Unclaimed goods or lost luggage.trams, tramways, mmtb, by laws, appeals, fares -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, "Coburg System" - part 1 of 2, c1956
Set of papers, handwritten concerning the development and timing of the "Coburg Tramway system" - about 34 sheets by the Melbourne Brunswick Coburg Tramways Trust. Prepared largely by H. S. McComb, with notes dates, depot, track layout, lengths, the Act, dates and calculations, curves, details of depot, track layouts, intersections and the interface with the cable tram at Queensberry and Swanston Streets. See Reg Item 2035 for part 2, further maps and details of the cable tram interface at Queensberry St. Items 2034 and 2034 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "MB&CTT" in red pencil.trams, tramways, mbctt, coburg, brunswick, opening, cable trams, queensberry, madeline st, moreland rd, sydney rd -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Compact Diskette with photographs, Peter Wynd, "Eric Wynde Photos", 2016
Compact Diskette within green plastic circular folder containing a photo of Eric Wynd at the controls of a cable car and MMTB certificate of service. image 1 - Photo of Eric at the cable tram controls with a light coloured summer uniform jacket and MMTB peaked cap. See history of object for further details and the htd3058doc.pdf file for further details of Eric and the donor. image 2 - image of MMTB certificate of service - 38 years, dated 6-4-1978, signed by the Chairman D. Snell, Deputy Chairman, Board Member and Secretary Mr. Aird. image 3 - of the CD container.trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, drivers, certificates, uniforms -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Construction of new tramways and conversion of cable tramways", 8/05/1922 12:00:00 AM
Report - six foolscap sheets pinned in the top left hand corner, marked confidential, stencil duplicated, titled "Construction of new tramways and conversion of cable tramways" looking at the financial position of the board and the implications of the conversion of cable tramways and construction of new tramways. Signed by W. O Strangward 8/5/1922. Includes analysis of financing the works, the MMTB's ability top meet operating costs and statutory appropriations, loan repayments, construction of new tramcars, over crowding, reserve funds and alternative methods of undertaking the work and meeting the costs of the work. Refers to the Engineers report.trams, tramways, conversion, mmtb, cable trams, finances, new tramway, track construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s and Newspaper Clipping, John Stanley Caddell, MMTB Cable and Electric tram through tickets, c1928
Tickets and newspaper clippings glued to a folded sheet of cardboard comprising: Inside: 19 - MMTB Cable and Electric tram through tickets - transfer and priced, all numbered. Newspaper clipping from The Sun, 21/4/1927 - featuring a image of the opening of the Federal Parliament in Melbourne 9/5/1901 Outside: 11 - Transfer tickets for five different cable with marks to be punched for hour, date (All Dec 21). Newspaper cuttings - Photo of HMS Renown, article "Happy" Pearl leaves Eastern Hill (fire station), dated 1/8/1928, and Monday is ANZAC day.trams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, transfer tickets, parliament, mfbb, anzac day -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), 1935
Set of two Black & White Photographs of track reconstruction of conversion of the cable to electric tramway in Abbotsford near the corner with Canning St, about August 1935. .1 - has the old cable track excavated before the yokes were cut of and the new track - rails and sleepers laid on the previous road bed. In the background is the Homebush Hotel. In the background is a shop advertising Robur Tea. .2 - similar photo but looking along the line of yokes. with the building on the east side which have all since undergone two demolitions. The former hotel building remains but has been converted to set of apartments.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, conversion -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Bergin T, 1904
The date on the photo 1.11.1904, appears to identify this as the 'Hero' aground October 1904 when her cables parted while sheltering from a gale near Cape Woolamai, Victoria. Reference 'Wrecks along the Gippsland Coast', 8th Edition p84, Jack Loney.Black and white photograph mounted on card, of auxiliary ketch Hero on rocks as seen from the water. Two men on boat, one man and dog on rocks. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Hero in trouble as seen from the water. (Snapshot by T Bergin) 1.11.1904boats and boating, shipwrecks, coast -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - ESCo cable or switch pillar, Robert Green, c1970
Photograph - Black and white of an Electric Supply Co. pillar or switch box, cast iron, with the company on the side and on the base "The British Insulated Wire Co. Ltd Prescot England". This type of item was used to terminate and interconnect feeder cables in both Ballarat and Bendigo.Yields information about the ESCo switch or cable pillars.Black and white photograph on plain paperIn ink on rear "R Green photo" and "See composite caption" which has been crossed out.tramways, tramcars, esco, electrical switching, electrical equipment, british insulated wire company