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Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Colour Print/s, late 1980's?
Set of three colour prints of the TMSV's motorised cable tram operation at Hudson Park Kilmore - late 1980's. Photographer unknown. Printed on Kodak paper. Prints numbered .1 to .3 in box..trams, tramways, tmsv, hudson park kilmore, cable trams, tram 171 -
Falls Creek Historical SocietyJournal - Schuss Vol. 18. No. 3 May 1952
Schuss was advertised as Victoria’s Official Ski Journal It was issued monthly from 1935 to 1961 except during the war when summer issues covered two months. This continued after the war, but it averaged 10 issues annually over its 25 year life. Schuss was published by the Ski Club of Victoria which had a membership of 38 Ski Clubs and demanded to be recognised as the prime authority on skiing in the state. The other 30 ski clubs with 85% of the members disagreed and the politics of skiing became heated. These clubs formed the Federation of Victorian Ski Clubs with their own journal, Ski Horizon. With the establishment of the Victorian Ski Association, Ski-Horizon published its last issue in Nov - Dec. 1955 and the role of the official journal was fully taken over by “Schuss”. This item is significant because it contains stories, images and information documenting the development of the ski industry in Victoria.The journal features stories and events chronicling developments in Victoria and internationally. Items related to the Falls Creek Area in this issue include:- Cover - Australian Olympic Skiers Return Left to Right: Bill Day, Bob Arnott, Gordon Day. Page 111 - FRONT-SPRING CABLE BINDINGS - A note from Bob Hymans advises that he has for sale a number of Front- Spring Cable Bindings made by Ramy, the well-known French maker. In This pattern the spring is attached to the ski in front of the toe-irons and eliminates the weight of the spring around the heel fitted to most cables. It is very popular with ski-racers in Europe for its comfort and control. Bob also advises that his Ski School at Fails Creek will be open during the weekends of June, and from June 30 onwards till the end of the season. schuss journal, bob hymans, front-spring cable bindings -
Federation University Historical CollectionBook, Bedford McNeill, Mining and General Telegraphic Code, 1899, 1899
McNeill's Code was arranged to meet the requirements of mining, metallurgical and civil engineers, Directors of Mining, Smelting companies; bankers; stock and share brokers, solicitors, accountants, financiers and general merchants. Bedford McNeil )Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.) was an Associate of the Royal School of Mines; Member of the Institution of Mining and metallurgy and of the north of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; and a Fellow of the Geological Society. "OBITUARY - Mr. Bedford McNeill IT is with regret that we announce the death on September 18, due to cerebral hemorrhage, of Mr. Bedford McNeill, the well-known mining engineer, at fifty-five years of age. Apart from his high reputation as a mining engineer, Mr. McNeill’s name was almost a household word in connection with the telegraphic code compiled by him, which was issued originally in 1893, and in an enlarged and revised form in 1908. This code is employed almost without exception by mining-companies and engineers, to whose use it was specially dedicated, and other business men have found it extremely practical for cable communications. [Nature 98, 94-94 (05 October 1916)] Black hard covered book of 807 pages by Bedford McNeil. Contents include: General suggestions for using code; Morse signals, alphabet and figures; Timetable west of Greenwich; Timetable east of Greenwich; map; Alphabetical Code; Survey of Mineral Properties; Numbers; English Money; American money; Lineal measurement; Weights; Letters; Cables; banks; Finance Companies; Substitutions; Extra Code. The book includes the following advertisements: Nobel's Explosives Company; Otto Aerial Ropeways; Tabloid Medicine cases & Chests; Charleton's Report Book for Mining Engineers; Bornhardt's Electrical Firing Machine; On a page towards the front "R. Brook"morse code, mcneill, bedford mcneill, mining, noble's explosives company, otto, charleton, tabloid, bornhadt, brook, r. brook, telegraphy, morse -
Melbourne Tram MuseumFunctional object - Trip slip safety pin
Used by cable tram conductors to retain or pin their trip slips on their jackets. See item 1923 for a photo of a conductor wearing them on his jacket.Demonstrates a trip slip safety pin used by conductors.Safety pin formed from spring steel with a folded steel sheet at one end and nickel plated. - Two copies held.tramways, cable trams, conductors, trip slips -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Black and White - Nicholson & Gertrude Street Engine House interior
Shows the interior of the cable tram engine house that was located on the corner of Gertrude Street and Nicholson Street in Fitzroy. Shows the steam pipes to two of the engine cylinders, the control equipment, and large cable winding wheels. An MMTB poster titled Melbourne Tramways Past and President (see Reg Item 6368), captions the photo as "Nicholson Sreet Power House - the last to operate" The facility ceased operation in 1940 though the equipment was retained until 1941. Yields information about the interior of the Gertrude Street or Nicholson Street cable tram engine houseBlack and white photograph - interior of the Engine house on the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson Streets prior to closure in 1940.tramways, trams, coburg, cable cars, engine house, nicholson street, gertrude street, steam engines -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Black and White - St Kilda Junction c1900 looking along Wellington Street
The photograph shows St Kilda Junction c1900, looking towards Wellington Street from the centre of the junction. A Windsor (Chapel Street to Ackland Street) cable tram is turning the corner while another is approaching. There is a cable tram uniformed person (with his hands on his hips) watching the tram - possible an Inspector. In the view is: AA Sleight Undertaker, Miss Nichols St Kilda Floral Studio, street lights, and a number of pedestrians standing on the roadways.Yields information about cable trams and St Kilda Junction.Photograph - Black and White - St Kilda Junction c1900 looking along Wellington Streettramways, trams, cable trams, st kilda junction, inspectors -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Colour Print/s, Alf Twentyman, May. 1981
Colour print of MTCo North Carlton and St Kilda trailer No. 299 at the home of Alf Twentyman. See inscriptions for further details. Printed on Kodak Paper, dated May 1981.On rear of print "TMSV Cable trailer car No. 299 as restored by Mr A. E. Twentyman at his home in Northcote from Nov. 1980 to early 1981 with help from C. Tooke"trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, restoration, northcote, north carlton, tram 299 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Remembering life in Port Melbourne in the good old days, 21 Apr 1988
Recollections of Jack CHUMBLEY of life in Port Melbourne include two-up games, training horses on Sandridge Beach and the introduction of buses to replace the cable trams. A4 copy of newspaper article from the Emerald Hill, Sandridge & St Kilda Times In pencil on top left - Jack knows where the trotting track & 2 up game would be on the map (Terry's dad)jack chumbley -
Melbourne Tram MuseumEphemera, Tramway Board, "Returned Soldiers only", c1919
Ticket issued by the Tramway Board for the use by soldiers in uniforms with colours for one journey on a cable tram. Could not be used for a transfer or part payment of a higher fare.Demonstrates a free travel tickets for returned soldiers in uniform - c1919 - possibly for use to or from an event.Set of two Ticket from a strip of tickets - perforated card printed in red ink on pink coloured card.tramways, trams, soldiers, tramway board, cable trams, tickets -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Calendar, Topmill Pty Ltd, "Trams 2012"
Contains full colour photographs of Australian - Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Bendigo, Valley Heights, Brisbane. Includes photo of a cable tram trailer and a Steam tram.Demonstrates production of calendars featuring Australian tram photographsWall Calendar - heavy card covers, 28 gloss art pages inside, titled "Trams - 2012" with a punched hole along the top edge to enable wall use.tramways, melbourne, adelaide, sydney, brisbane, bendigo, valley heights, steam trams, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Metal sprung axle box on cable car trailer, K McCarthy
Photograph shows metal sprung axle box as fitted to standard four wheel cable trailers built at Nicholson Street Workshops between 1885 and 1923.Yields information about cable tram componentsBlack and white photograph with note on rearIn ink "25" and "K McC"cable trams, trailer trucks, axle boxes, four wheel, nicholson street workshops -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - PALL MALL
black and white photograph at corner of Pall Mall & Williamson St., Bendigo. Showing portion of Shamrock Hotel, ANZ Bank, Myer store . Truck mounted cherry picker. Workmen working on overhead cable -poles.Alan Doneyplace, streetscape, tram -
Coal Creek Community Park & MuseumSafety fuse coil
8426.1 - Coiled length of white 'cable' tied with more modern orange plastic fiber. Two end reveal a core of black powder with fibre wrap surrounded by waterproofing further wrapped with white cotton fibre. -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Colour Photograph/s, Warren Doubleday, 19.8.1995
Colour photograph of ESCo No. 12, photographed at the rear of the depot following receipt and removal of some parts. Photographed on cable tram bogies. Photographed by Warren Doubleday 19.8.1995. Printed on Konica Paper. Two copies held.btm, ballarat, esco, tram 12 -
Wodonga & District Historical Society IncFunctional object - National cash register used in the J.Mann & Sons General Store in Wodonga
The National cash register was used in the J. Mann & Sons General Store in High St., Wodonga, Victoria, and is part of the 'Mann' collection in the Wodonga Historical Society. J. Mann and Sons was first established as a farm produce store in 1921. The range of products was extended in the 1930s and included groceries and hardware, as well as the first petrol bowser in Wodonga outside the store. After WWII, the premises were extended and the range of products continued to increase. In the 1960s the Mann Family opened a new supermarket in Wodonga, in addition to the hardware business, providing steel, plumbing and industrial supplies, and they employed over 100 people at one stage. With changes in the retail industry, the Mann Family sold the main hardware business to Bunnings and the produce business to the Kelly brothers in 2006. The National cash register has local significance due to its use in the J. Mann & Sons General Store in High St, Wodonga and the association with the Mann family. National cash register used in the J. Mann & Sons General Store in High St., Wodonga, Victoria. It has a metal exterior with faux wood grain and there is a grey electrical cable attached to the proper left side."National" "U 5044298 / CL6136 16R&S10" on a small rectangular metal plate on the front of the cash register.cash register, national cash register, mann, high street wodonga, local business, commerce, general stores, j. mann & sons -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, listing various Acts through to Act 2921 and the tramways authorised, 1920's
Set of Quarto and Foolscap hand made papers, listing various Acts through to Act 2921 and the tramways authorised. Set of hand made sketches and notes of cable tram junctions and terminals, with reference to plans and their dates.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, plans, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram MuseumNewspaper, The Age, "Snowy on the Trams", 21/12/1974 12:00:00 AM
News paper clipping from The Age, 21/12/1974, titled "Snowy on the Trams", a poem by Leon Slade, about route 9 trams, St Georges Road, San Francisco cable cars and people.trams, tramways, poem, people and places, route 9, st georges road, san francisco -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1938
Black & White Photograph of cable set, saloon car 563 in Bourke St, 1938, with the building at 150 Queen St in the background. The car set is well loaded with a group of four ladies sitting on the front of the car.In red ink along the bottom edge "MMTB Car 563 Bourke St 1938"trams, tramways, bourke st, cable trams, passengers, tram 563 -
Melbourne Tram MuseumBooklet, Melbourne Tramways Trust (MTT), "Chairman's report on the operations of the MTT", Oct. 1888
Booklet published by the Melbourne Tramways Trust outlining its operations to Oct. 1888. Gives details on the formation, Trust members, Committee, motive power, Officers, agreements, Acts, description of the cable system including materials, relocation of services, horse or cable, contracts, engines and boilers, issues with patents, and dates of opening of lines to 26/10/1888. Gives details of each line, contracts, engine houses, issues, including horse tramways with some notes on finance.Yields information about the construction of Melbourne Cable tramways to 10/1888.Booklet - 48 pages stapled and glued within light manila coloured cover.tramways, cable trams, mtt, mtoco, track construction, engine houses -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Cable tram 306 - Prk St Sth Melb, c1930
Photo of a cable tram set, trailer 306, in Park St South Melbourne with the St Vincent Gardens in the background. The photo is taken after the construction of the Collins St electric line in 1929 as the destination board notes the tram is connecting with Collins St electric trams. The gripman is waiting for the phtograph to be taken, with the Conductor on the platform of the trailer car. In the background are the Gardens and housing of this area. Photo c1930. The South Melbourne cable tram line closed for conversion in 1937.Yields information about the South Melbourne cable tram line and Park St.Black and white print with a plain backtrams, tramways, south melbourne, tram 306, cable trams, park st -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPostcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Lonsdale Street Melbourne', c1933
Rose Series postcard No. P 3645, titled "Lonsdale Street Melbourne', looking east from Queen Street. Has several cable trams in the far distance at Swanston Street. In the view is the Myer Emporium Lonsdale Street store and the Eastern Hill fire station tower. There are adverts for Dulux, Tribune, Wynss, Fox films, A E Hoad? Stillwell Stephens. The cable trams in Lonsdale Street west of Elizabeth Street closed in early 1935 and the remainder in 1939. Yields information about Lonsdale St c1933.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has the 3rd part of a letter to Ken on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, lonsdale st, myer -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyInsulator - Glass
Insulates electrical wire/cable which is attached in the groove. Screwed into the cross arm of a power pole. Non conductive so electricity doesn't short out to the ground.Used on power poles in the Kiewa ValleyClear blue tinted glass insulator - bell shaped at the closed end. Deep, wide groove towards the wide open end. The wide end is inscribed and opens to a decorated edge of small balls around the circumference. Inside there is a cylinder which is threaded for screwing onto a power pole. This cylinder is shorter than the outside part."Hemingray - 19" "Made in U.S.A."electricity. power lines. insulator. hemingray. -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNewspaper, Herald Sun, "Our Trams Keep Rolling Along", 9/08/1991 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun Friday 9 August 1991, centre pages, titled "Our Trams Keep Rolling Along", written by Michael Epis. Reports on the withdrawal of W class trams from service and the National Trust involvement. Gives a brief story of the history of Melbourne's trams. Has photos of cable trams, W7 1019, Fairfield Tramway, First tram Elsternwick, Hawthorn Cable Tram, W2 646, Bylands, V214, 436 and Elton John tram 520 being exportedmelbourne, fairfield, w2 class, cable trams, w class, horse trams, elsternwick -
Melbourne Tram MuseumNewspaper, "Police Guard on Last Tram", 30/09/1935 12:00:00 AM
Photocopy of a Newspaper Clipping - from a Melbourne newspaper titled "Police Guard on Last Tram" about the last cable tram to North Carlton. Police were employed to stop the practice of souveniring which was common on such trips. Notes what was taken. Conductor Mr. Albert Rahilly, Gripman - Mr. Ernest Fitts. Timeline gives the closure of the cable line as Saturday 1/8/1936 - date of paper would have been 3/8/1936. Newspaper not known at the time of cataloguing - article does not appear in The Argus on Trove.trams, tramways, closure, cable trams, north carlton -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Annual Mileages Tram", late 1920's to mid 1930's
File- card, green grey - Rondo of London type, titled "Annual Mileages Tram", containing many handwritten and some drawings detailing the various tramway miles of the MMTB for both cable and electric late 1920's to mid 1930's. Includes the calculations for the report. Included is drawing P6369 which has been scanned details the track mileages for the electric, cable and car sheds, workshops and store yards as at 30/6/1932. See Reg Item 2084 for tram miles for each municipality.trams, tramways, mmtb, trackwork, mileages, reports, councils -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Report, George Duncan, "Report to Public Works Committee, Melbourne Tramways Trust", 9/1884
Printed report - four pages - typeset on foolscap paper, dated 16/9/1884 from George Duncan, Engineer Melbourne Tramways Trust, to the Public Works Committee of Parliament and the Melbourne Tramways Trust", "Report to Public Works Committee, Melbourne Tramways Trust" advising on the construction methodology and financial arrangements along with estimates, mode of construction whether by day labour or by contractors, gives a summary of mileage (was some 33miles of cable and 15 miles of horse), estimates and proposed lines showing whether horse or cable.9/1884trams, tramways, mtt, cable trams, melbourne tramways trust, construction, finances, mto co, parliament -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Form/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Memo for Batterymen - Loading of Motor Generator Sets", "Reading recorded in testing level of Generator Set at..... Car shed", Jan. 1920
.1 - Memo on foolscap sheet dated 19/1/1920, titled "Memo for Batterymen - Loading of Motor Generator Sets" issued by the Electrical Foreman to cable tram depots to charge the battery lights for cable trams advising the requirements to keep loads and voltages at a specified level and the recordings to be made of the equipment. .2 - form - foolscap sheet titled "Reading recorded in testing level of Generator Set at..... Car shed", for recording balance or level using a spirit level of the armature shafts. Two copies of each held.trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, lights, tramcars, batterymen, maintenance -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Black and White photograph, late 1920's
Sepia toned photograph titled "Runaway Electric Tram" of a W class tram that has over run or runaway from the William St terminus and is blocking cable trams in Collins St. Could be tram 230, 236, 290, 296. Has the original newspaper caption under neath - date not know - late 1920's. Shows tramway staff (captioned as Engineers) attaching a cable to pull the tram back over the intersection. Possibly one a set of cards made for the 70th anniversary of South Melbourne Depot.trams, tramways, w class, accidents, collins st, william st, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Research Notes, "The development of Melbourne's trams - Part One", c1990
Six page A4 document, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "The development of Melbourne's trams - Part One". Document looks at the Melbourne cable tram system, its formation, George Duncan and Francis Clapp, leasing, passing to MMTB, the infrastructure and winding houses, the cable, opening dates, closure and lines in the Toorak area and depots. Author unknown, possible late 1990's. Two copies held. See also item 1762 for a publication with the same title, written by Keith Kings.trams, tramways, cable trams, mto co, mtt, mmtb, closure -
Numurkah & District Historical SocietyCommemorative ServingTray (Willow)
Souvenir tray, 1927, Duke and Duchess of York from Betty Bennett's family (Betty Moore). Both Betty and Don Moore were taken to see the parade along St Kilda Road, at age 7 years. Don was hoisted onto his father's shoulders and all he could see were flags waving. They travelled down High St by cable car. Don also rode on the last cable car to Northcote when he was in the services (WW2)Steel Tray with faded pictures of the Duke & Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth & Princess MargaretWillow Productionmoore family, commemorativ tray, royal family, duke and duchess of york, visit to melbourne
