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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, 1919 c
Black and white photograph showing steamer Dargo tied up at Kalimna Jetty. The jetty has a trolley on a tram line for carrying goods and a pile of wood on the far end for the steamers boilers. A few travellers are on board and a man in uniform possibly the skipper, next to the wood pile. Back of a sign visible across the jetty from the end of the shed on right. Lakes Entrance Victoria'Dargo' Kalimna Jetty 1919? (on back)jetties, ships and shipping -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, Fish Marie, 1977
Date made 18 January 1977.Colour photograph of Rex Fish standing beside the boiler which provided steam power to drive the winch to transfer rock from the tram, trucks to the barge at North Arm. This rock quarried at Mississippi Creek was used to stabilise the entrance piers, and build rock groynes around the lakes. Lakes Entrance Victoriavegetation, waterways, historic sites -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, Fish Marie, 1997
Date made 18 January 1997, for weekend trip 18 and 19 January 1997Colour photograph of the abandoned boiler at the North Arm. It shows a rusted steam boiler lying on its side, during 1920 and 1930 a steam crane was used to transfer rock from tram trucks to a barge for transport to the entrance. In background five people and shelters erected for information. Lakes Entrance Victoriavegetation, boats and boating, topography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, 1915c
Black and white photograph showing man in diving suit, holding diving helmet, machinery on tram lines, second man on left of photo at Lakes Entrance, Victoria.waterways, jetties, boardwalk, public works -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, 1910c
Black and white photograph showing flagstaff and signal baskets on dunes, two women in long dresses on boardwalk, tram track on beach in front of unfinished boardwalk, vegetation on dunes. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, waterways -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumAdministrative Record - Meeting Minutes, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - April 26 and 27 1951", 1951
Document titled "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - April 26 and 27 1951", attended by SEC Head Office Officers, representatives from Bendigo and Geelong. Opening note on page 2 - that the discussions should be based on the SEC operating the tramways indefinitely. Topics covered - tyres and wheel centres, truck maintenance, suspension bearings, bearing metal (white metal), motor armatures, carbon brushes, air receivers, overhead equipment, tracks, car renovation - painting, gold lining, roof, floor treatment and covering, trolley wheels, purchase requisitions, spare parts, supplies, brake shoes, timber, castings, tramway drawings, patterns and a summary of action. Has a list of attendees.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Minutes - 26 duplicated foolscap sheets pinned (was stapled poorly) in the left hand corner.trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, ballarat, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, overhead, painting, trolley wheels, brakes, motors -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumAdministrative Record - Meeting Minutes, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - May 1 and May 2, 1952", 1952
Document titled "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of Conference - May 1 and May 2", attended by SEC Head Office Officers, representatives from Bendigo and Geelong. Topics covered - tyres and wheel centres, truck maintenance, suspension bearings, bearing metal (white metal), motor armatures, carbon brushes, air receivers, overhead equipment, tracks, car renovation - painting, gold lining, roof, floor treatment and covering, trolley wheels, purchase requisitions, spare parts, supplies, brake shoes, timber, castings, tramway drawings, patterns and a summary of action. Also includes notes on tramway statistics, employee's duties, one man operation, track drains, interchange of ideas and experiences and discussions of a general nature and notes on scrapping trams in badly damaged condition. Each item where relevant looks back at the actions from the previous conference. Has a list of attendees.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Minutes - 53 duplicated foolscap sheets pinned with a folding clip in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, ballarat, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, overhead, painting, trolley wheels, brakes, motors, one man trams, scrapped trams, employees, rules -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Digital image Set of 2, Graham Parry, 1971
Yields information about the Sebastopol terminus and tram operations in 1971.Digital image of photograph of trams in Ballarat during 1971 prior to closure of the system by Graham Parry. All images from the scanned negative. .1 - tram 33 arriving at the Sebastopol terminus with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. There is a Fosters Lager sign. and a number of parked cars. The tram has a Twin Lakes sign. .2 - ditto with the driver turning the poletrams, tramways, sebastopol, trolley poles, tram 33 -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumBook, Roger Wheaton, "Destination Paradise", 1968, 1975
8065.1 - Book - 36 pages + card coves, printed on gloss paper, centre stapled, with two colour covers (purple and black) titled "Destination Paradise", providing details of the Adelaide and Port Adelaide tramcars or rolling stock. Published by Traction Publications, in 1968, written by Roger Wheaton edited by Jack Richardson. Provides details on the trams that operated in the two cities. Has a list of tramway and railway books on the rear cover. 8065.2 - Book - 52 pages + card cover, printed on matt paper, centre stapled, with two colour covers (purple and black) titled "Destination Paradise", providing details of the Adelaide and Port Adelaide tramcars or rolling stock including tramcar builders Duncan and Fraser, Pengelley, Holden, J A Lawton and the MTT itself.. Published by Traction Publications, in 1975, compiled by Roger Wheaton. Provides details on the trams that operated in the two cities. .1 - Has "K.Stodden 15-10-68" and .2 "K Stodden 1-2-75" in ink on first page.trams, tramways, adelaide, mtt, port adelaide, depot, tramcars, tramcar construction -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Letter/s, Dave Macartney, 1990 - 1993
Set of three letters written to Bob Lilburn regarding Ballarat matters. .1 - Dave Macartney - 2-12-1990 - re the Ballarat Tramcar restaurant and the bodies that were used, advertising on tram 40 (a perineal topic of Bobs'), ESCo No. 12 body. Written on the back of "Keystone Movies" letterhead which was operated by Dave. .2 - Dave Macartney - 29-3-1992 - W2's at Balkistons yard and the removal of the two (W2 552 and 625) and scrapped from the Tramcar Restaurant on Macarthur and Drummond St North. .3 - Dave Macartney - 20-6-1993 - regarding ESCo 16, that featured in The Courier 1971 and its location - located in Haddon and burnt after 1971.trams, tramways, letters, esco, w2 class -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Letter/s, The Courier Ballarat, "From Gold to Federation - Ballarat & District hosts the State Finale of the Centenary of Federation", Nov. 2001
... in Ballarat. Includes on page 2 a photo of trams in Sturt St... in Ballarat. Includes on page 2 a photo of trams in Sturt St ...Newspaper - supplement - Souvenir Program - 32 pages, titled "From Gold to Federation - Ballarat & District hosts the State Finale of the Centenary of Federation" published by the Courier, November 2001. Provides a detail program of events in Ballarat. Includes on page 2 a photo of trams in Sturt St, federation identifies including Deakin, Barton, Sir Henry Cuthbert (p8), Has many local advertisements.trams, tramways, celebrations, ballarat -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Colour Print/s - set of 4, Roy J Mitchell, 1975
Set of four colour prints of BTM operations taken by Roy J Mitchell. .1 - 40 and 27 at Gardens loop - 1975 .2 - 40 ditto .3 - No. 26 running out - note all the boards or signs in the tram. .4 - No. 14 at St Aidans Drive.Detail on the rear of each photo are the details of the image and the photographer. Date of 1973 is incorrect, should be 1975 at the earliest. trams, tramways, sebastopol, albert st, tours, grey st, tram 14, tram 26, tram 27, tram 40 -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumBook, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Rules of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association", 1937 to 1951
Set of five books that were the property of Jock Menzies, a SEC Ballarat driver. .1 - same as btm3655 - "Rules of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association" - 1939. .2 - same as btm3135 - "The Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association / Agreement / Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong" - 1937 .3 - same btm3112 - "Electric Tramways of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria By-Law No. 1" - August 1951. .4 - same as btm3068 - "State Electricity Commission of Victoria - Tramways - Rules Governing Employees - May 1936" .5 - same as btm3116 - "Rules Governing Employees" - see btm8078i1.pdf for a full scan of the book. This version is slightly different to other versions,All items have notations on the cover and inside - notes made by Jock.trams, tramways, ballarat, geelong, bendigo, atmoea, unions, agreements, uniforms, sec, rules, regulations, by laws, motormen, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNewspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "35-year tribute to lost tram service", "Tribute to lost trams after 35 years", 19/09/2006 12:00:00 AM
... and Austin Brehaut at Carlton St .2 - "Tribute to lost trams after... and Austin Brehaut at Carlton St .2 - "Tribute to lost trams after ...Set of two newspaper clippings from The Courier, 19/9/2006 celebrating the closing of the SEC tram system in Ballarat. .1 - "35-year tribute to lost tram service" with Frank Puls and Austin Brehaut at Carlton St .2 - "Tribute to lost trams after 35 years" with Frank Puls at the controls of 27. Story by James Kelly reporting on the closure and the Museum tram services and visitors. Photos by Ian Wilson.btm, closure, anniversary -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Colour Print/s - set of 6, Roy J Mitchell, 17/01/2007 12:00:00 AM
Set of six colour prints of BTM operations taken by Roy J Mitchell. All photos dated on the rear as 8/2/2010 except .1 - 17/1/2007. Taken during the Begonia Festival based on the background. .1 - Tram 27 running in on the access track - note the new trees .2 - 466 at Gardens loop .3 - 26 and 671 at Gardens loop .4 - ditto .5 - 661 at Carlton St .6 - 26 at the depot on No. 7 road.Detail on the rear of each photo are the details of the image and the photographer. trams, tramways, btm, access track, depot, wendouree parade, carlton st, tram 26, tram 466, tram 27, tram 661, tram 671 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Issue of Tokens", c1915
Yields information and demonstrates the use of fare tokens in Ballarat, their manufacture and accounting information.Report - typed foolscap sheet (2 copies) and handwritten sheet, for which most of the sheet has been reproduced in the typed report. The hand written sheet is ruled and has been glued together to form a long sheet. Looks at the purchase of tokens in 1914, the costs from the UK and Australia, how they were issued to crews, for both fare box drivers and conductors, accounting for them using tubes, time taken to account for by a clerk. trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, tokens, fare boxes, operations, esco -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Report, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Comparisons of Passengers per car Mile", "Revenue per car mile of track", "Year ended 31/3/1922", "Change issued to motormen daily", "Passengers and Revenue per car Mile", 19/05/1922 12:00:00 AM
Yields information and demonstrates the use of statistical reports for 1922 to management in the UK and comparisons with other systems.Report - 5 quarto or foolscap sheets, carbon copy by ESCo dated 19/5/1922 for Ballarat. 1 - "Comparisons of Passengers per car Mile" - for each route 2 - "Revenue per car mile of track" - for each route and comparisons with Melbourne, Launceston, Adelaide and Wellington 3 - "Year ended 31/3/1922" - Gross Expenditure vs Receipts 4 - "Change issued to motormen daily" - since introduction of Cash Fare System 5 - "Passengers and Revenue per car Mile" - comparison with English and Australian systems. Provides source of information. trams, tramways, ballarat, reports, operations, finances, esco -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumBook, John D Keating, "Mind the Curve", "Hold tight for the Curves", 1970
.1 - Hard bound book, 172 pages, including end covers, 10 sections, title "Mind the Curve", with subtitle "A history of the Cable Trams", stitch bound to hard red Rexene covers with gold block title on the spine only. Dust cover has the title, author, drawing of Bourke St and details of the book and author on the returns. Written by John D Keating, published by the Melbourne University Press in 1970. Has index, acknowledgements, table of contents, list of illustrations and references Looks at the establishment, construction, operation and demise of the cable tram system in Melbourne. Provides location details of the engines houses, tramcars, ticketing, management, politics, the Northcote line and the workers. Has a hand written note written by the daughter of John Caddell, a cable Tammie. On the page opposite the Acknowledgements is a typed note regarding visiting Mr Twentymen's house. .2 on the inside of the rear cover is a photograph and note regarding John Caddell and information about John's retirement from Preston Depot. .3 - Newspaper cutting, "Hold tight for the curves" - The Herald, 15/10/1970 - written by Laurie Power. reviewing the book. Has been adhered to a sheet of A4 white paper.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mto co, horse trams, preston depot -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNegative - BTPS Depot track work, Warren Doubleday, 4 or 5/1973
Black and white negative - 3 scanned images - of the depot with 27 on No. 2 road, partly out of the depot, with No. 1 road yet to be commenced. Images show the new trough on 2 road and a trolley pole placed on the trough. April - May 1973 - refer to the May 1973 issue of Fares Please! which advised the first trough had been positioned. trams, tramways, btps, trackwork, depot, overhead, tram 27 -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumEphemera - Ticket, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Special Pass", 1950's
Has a strong association with Wayne Kell the SEC Pitman prior to the closure of the SEC Ballarat system.Ticket - from white card (200 gsm) ticket with, printed in black ink - titled "Special Pass". Has number "70" stamped on. Form number "TYE 2-220" in top left hand corner. Has space for the name of the Bearer (issued to Mr. ...), Branch to be written, space for manager to sign with date .../.../19.... and expiry date of pass." Conditions of use printed on rear. Has been made out to W L Kell, Pitman, dated 29/7/68 of the Mid Western Branch. See Reg Item 69 for an unused sample. trams, tramways, secv, special pass, ballarat, provincial tramways -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Table Cards (Sheets), State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Geelong Trams Runs, 1950's
Demonstrates the method of advising tram crew their shift work. Set of five Typed table card or run card, for Geelong Trams Runs glued and varnished onto a sheet of three ply timber - plywood boards. Gives details for the Motorman and Conductor, starting times, meal times, relief and taken by details. Not known when made - 1950's? .1 - Run 7 - City - West .2 - Run 33 - City - East - handwritten .3 - Run 33 - City - East - typed .4 - Run 161 - City - West ,5 - Run 170 - detailed instructions, relieving runs, typed and pasted over a former run of the same number. See also Reg Item 3155 and 6270 for other examples and 8135 for a Bendigo example.trams, tramways, secv, forms, timetables, geelong, btm -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Table Cards (Sheets), State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Bendigo Trams Runs, 1940's?
Demonstrates the method of advising tram crew their shift work.Set of two Typed table card or run card, for Bendigo Trams Runs glued and varnished onto a sheet of steel Gives details for the Motorman and Conductor, starting times, meal times, relief and taken by details. Not known when made - 1940's? .1 - Golden Square to North Bendigo - Run 10 PM - has traffic instructions on rear - see images i1 and i3 .2 - Eaglehawk line - unreadable due to rust - no information on rear. See also Reg Item 3155 and 6270 for other examples and 8134 for Geelongtrams, tramways, secv, forms, timetables, bendigo, btm -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Funding for tram track fix", 20/05/2021 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 20/5/2021 titled "Funding for tram track fix", written by Jackson Russell, Picture Adam Trafford, about the Museum obtaining funding for the replacement of tram track in Wendouree Parade - $1.2m, through the Regional Job and Infrastructure Fund. Quotes Paul Mong, Juliana Addison MP. Has a photo of Richard Gilbert standing in front of No. 2 in Wendouree Paradebtm, trackwork, new depot, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNewspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Congratulations to the Ballarat Tramway Museum on receiving $1.2m from the Andrews Government for track replacement.", "First Nations Art on the move", 8/07/2021 12:00:00 AM
Set of two Newspaper clippings from The Courier, Ballarat, 8 July 2021 .1 - titled "Congratulations to the Ballarat Tramway Museum on receiving $1.2m from the Andrews Government for track replacement.". Item sponsored by Juliana Addison MP. Has a photo of 10 people alongside Geelong No. 2 at the time of the announcement. .2 - "First Nations Art on the move" - featuring a photo of a B class tram, by Deanne Gilson (local Ballarat artist) and Thomas Marks. Photo by James Morgan.art work, transporting art, b class -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Digital image Set of 9, Adrian Ponton, 31/07/2021 12:00:00 AM
Set of 9 digital images taken by Adrian Ponton on 31 July 2021 - the delayed day (COVID 19) to celebrate the foundation of the BTPS. .1 - 40 on the depot fan .2 - 13 running in on the access track .3 - 40 and 13 on the depot fan with the new building in the background .4 - 40, 33 and 38 on the depot fan .5 - Tramcar signage re Fares and notices .6 - view looking out of the front of the tram 40 on the access track .7 - crossing 407 at Gardens Loop .8 - 40 at St Aidans .9 - dittotrams, tramways, btm, st aidans drive, gardens loop, celebrations, wendouree parade, access track, tram 40, tram 33, tram 18, tram 13, tram 407 -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNegative - Set of 7, Warren Doubleday, 19/09/1971
Yields information about the last day of SEC Tramway operations in Ballarat and has a strong association with the archivist.Set of 7 - 35mm negatives, of the last day of operations in Ballarat on 19-9-1971 .1 - 34 and another bogie leave Skipton St loop .2 - At Urquhart St .3 - 39 outside Sebastopol Town Hall .4 - 42 crosses Albert St, note bus stop sign .5 - ditto with a "ancient" motor car in the view - the car is probably a lot younger than the tram. .6 - 37 leads 43, 34 and 40 in the City Loop at 5.40pm .7 - 42 on level crossing, Lydiard Sttrams, tramways, closure, skipton st, urquhart st, sebastopol, sebastopol town hall, city loop, sturt st, lydiard st, level crossing, tram 34 tram 39 tram 42 tram 37 -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNegative - Set of 2, Warren Doubleday, PMTT and HTT logos on Ballarat Tram doors, 19/09/1971
Yields information about the marking of the saloon doors of trams that came from Melbourne and in particular the PMTT and the HTTSet of 2 - 35mm negatives, of the last day of operations in Ballarat on 19-9-1971 taken by Warren Doubleday .1 - HTT Logo in a saloon door window glass .2 - PMTT logotrams, tramways, pmtt, htt, tramcars, glassware, doors, logos -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNegative - Set of 13, Warren Doubleday, Final day of SEC tramway operations Ballarat - last tram from Sebastopol, 19/09/1971
Yields information about the last day of SEC Tramway operations in Ballarat and has a strong association with the archivist. Photos taken at night and show sing marked "The End"Set of 13 - 35mm negatives, of the last day of operations in Ballarat on 19-9-1971 taken by Warren Doubleday at night .1 - 40 at Sebastopol .2 - Some how I got onto the tram No. 40 fully loaded .3 - ditto .4 - yes there is always room for more. .5 - squish - lots of passengers .6 - ditto .7 - 39 and Scrubber ,8 - 40 running into the depot .9 - ditto .10 - running into the depot building .11 - The doors are closed .12 -The End 13 - The End trams, tramways, closure, depot, sebastopol, tram 40 -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumSlide - 35mm slide/s - set of 3, Frank Londey, Apr. 1985
Set of three 35mm Kodachrome cardboard mount - colour slides by Frank Londey of operations at the BTPS depot and in Wendouree Parade January 1986 or could be 1985 (date on the slide) Perhaps during an organised tour .1 - 14 Northbound in Wendouree Parade approaching Fairy land. .2 - 27 at the depot with 671 behind .3 - 671 in the depot tramways, trams, btps, btm, depot, wendouree parade, tram 14, tram 671, tram 27 -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Digital Image, E-mail, John Phillips, "No. 569 Wednesday Photos Ballarat Trams 50 years since closure", 3/10/2021 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the tram services in Ballarat operated by the SEC and the BTM or BTPS in relation to celebrating the 50 years of closure of the SEC system.E-mail dated 22-9-2021, from John Phillips containing eight digital images titled "No. 569 Wednesday Photos Ballarat Trams 50 years since closure" with personally recollections. 1 - seven page e-mail when printed - last page blank Photos 2 - 12 and 21 in Lydiard St North - see btm5383i 3 - 40 in Lydiard St North - see btm 4133i 4 - 28 in Bridge St - see btm 3219i 5 - 33 at Cemetery gates - see btm8193i2 6 - line up of trams tailed by tram 21 in Sturt St West - see btm8193i3 7 - BTM 27 and 33 cross at Gardens Loop - see btm8193i4 8 - BTM 27in Wendouree Parade - see btm8193i5 9 - 27 and 38 - the base for a postcard photo - see btm1781i1 trams, tramways, closure, lydiard st north, bridge st, btm, cemetery, sturt st west, wendouree parade
