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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Keith Caldwell, 1963
Yields information about tram 35 and Wendouree Parade and the nearby Lake Wendouree.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell during 1963 of: Tram 35 in Wendouree Parade. Location near Depot Loop. Tram has a Dancing at Civic Hall, SEC Electric Cooking and destination of Gardens via Drummond North. See also Reg Item 7352i for a similar photo.In ink "1963"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, lake wendouree, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Keith Caldwell, c1963
Yields information about trams 31 and the Victoria St line.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell during c1963 of: Trams 31 inbound on Victoria St with the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West at the intersection with Princes St. The tram has a roof advert for Electric Cooking and on the front dash panel, an advert for Dancing at the Civic Hall.tramways, trams, victoria st, tram 31 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Keith Caldwell, 1963
Yields information about tram 35 and Wendouree Parade and the nearby Lake Wendouree.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell during 1963 of: Tram 35 in Wendouree Parade with Depot Loop in the background. Tram has a Dancing at Civic Hall, SEC Electric Cooking and destination of Gardens via Drummond North. See also Reg Item 7343i for a similar photo.In ink "1963"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, lake wendouree, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 2, Keith Caldwell, 1963
Yields information about tram 35 and the Parker St loop in Sturt St.Set of two Agfa colour slides, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell during 1963 of: Both of Tram 35 in Sturt St west waiting at the Parker St loop with Ballarat College in the background. Tram has the destination of Sturt St West and has a SEC Electric cooking roof advert. See Reg Item 7355 for the cross with number 30.tramways, trams, sturt st west, parker st loop, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Keith Caldwell, 1963
Yields information about tram 35 and Sturt St near Armstrong St.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell during 1963 of: Tram 35 in Sturt St at Armstrong St, with the destination of Mt Pleasant. Tram has a Dancing at Civic Hall, SEC Electric Cooking. In the background is the Town Hall and the Myer building. The decoration on the street would indicate that the photo was taken on either the 12/3 or 16/3 during the Begonia Festival. tramways, trams, sturt st, armstrong st, town hall, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Keith Caldwell, 1963
Yields information about tram 35 and the Parker St loop in Sturt St.Agfa colour slides, white cardboard mount, photo by Keith Caldwell during 1963 of: Tram 35 in Sturt St West crossing number 33 at the Parker St loop with Ballarat College in the background. Tram 35 has the destination of Sturt St West and has a SEC Electric cooking roof advert and No. 30, Mt Pleasant. See Reg Item 7353 for the 35 waiting to cross with number 30.tramways, trams, sturt st west, parker st loop, tram 35, tram 30 -
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Magazine, Electric Lines, "Electric lines Viol 4 No. 5, September - October 1991", Sep. 1991
Magazine - 40 pages, gloss paper including cover, titled "Electric lines Viol 4 No. 5, September - October 1991", published in Hicksville New York, contain articles on New Orleans, Transit Systems, Springfield, Ballarat, Sacramento and Leipzig. The article on New Orleans, makes reference to the ex Melbourne W2 trams, for the Riverfront lines including some photos. The article on Ballarat looks at the work of the BTPS, written by Robin Clark. looks at the history of the Ballarat system, the formation of the BTPS, its operation and its operation. Photos by Ron Clark.trams, tramways, btps, usa, history -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 21/04/1962 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1963 and the Lydiard St North terminus and an AETA Convention tour.Kodachrome cardboard mount, colour slide of trams 18 and 37 at the Lydiard St North terminus, during the AETA Convention tour of 21-4-1962. Tram, 18 has adverts for The Age, Lancashire's store at 94-98 Bridge St and a Whites Florist and No. 37 and SEC Electric Cooking advert."AETA Convention 21-4-62" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, aeta tour, tram 18, tram 37 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 27/03/1964 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1963 and the Lydiard St North terminus.Ilford Ilfochrome cardboard mount, colour slide of trams 18 at the Lydiard St North terminus, 27/3/1964. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol and two roof advertisements - Whites Florist and SEC electric cooking."Single trucker 18 Lydiard St Nth - 36- 27/3/1964" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, tram 18 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 2/04/1964 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1963 and the Sebastopol terminus.Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mount, colour slide of tram 35 at the Sebastopol terminus with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St North and an electric cooking roof advert."35 bogie Sebastopol 2-4-64" in ink.tramways, trams, sebastopol, albert st, royal mail hotel, tram 35 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 21/04/1962 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1964 and the Victoria St terminus and an AETA Convention tour.Kodachrome cardboard mount, colour slide of trams 18 and 37 at the Victoria St terminus, during the AETA Convention tour of 21-4-1962. Tram, 18 has adverts for The Age, Lancashire's store at 94-98 Bridge St and a Whites Florist and No. 37 and SEC Electric Cooking advert and the AETA tour sign."AETA Convention 21-4-62" in ink.tramways, trams, victoria st, aeta, aeta tour, tram 18, tram 37 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson?, 27/03/1964 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1964 and the Victoria St terminus. Has the Orphanage in the background.Ilford cardboard mount, colour slide of No. 36 at the Victoria St terminus, 27.3.1964 with the original orphanage building in the background. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St west and an electric cooking roof advert."Bogie 36. Victoria St ter. No. 38, 27.3.64" in ink."tramways, trams, carlton st loop, tram 36 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, c1966
Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1966c, the Mt Pleasant terminus.AGFA blue / white plastic mount, colour slide of No. 33 at the Mt Pleasant terminus, c1966 - still has the white on black destination roll. In the background are the shops advertising Robur Tea, Women's Weekly, The Age, and Coca Cola. The tram has Eureka Roofing and Electric Cooking roof adverts.tramways, trams, mt pleasant, barkly st, tram 33 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, c1966
Yields information about Ballarat's trams during c1966 and the City terminus.AGFA blue / white plastic mount, colour slide of No. 33, c1966, in Sturt St at the City or Lydiard St North stop. The Town Hall is in the background. Tram has the destination of Mt Pleasant and has the white on black destination roll. Has roof adverts for Electric Cooking and Eureka Roofing Tiles.tramways, trams, sturt st, town hall, tram 33 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Manual, Seashore Trolley Museum and Kennebunkport USA, "Seashore Museum Maintenance Manual - Electrical", c1970
Manual - 176 quarto pages + light grey covers Electrical" on a cover pages. with a red comb binding. Prepared by Donald G Curry of the Seashore Electric Railway, 17/6/1962. Document has table of contents: Covers Painting, Roof repairs, body repairs, inspections, Lubrication, Traction Motor Maintenance, controllers, hand operated circuit breaks, car resistors, traction braking equipment, trucks and rigging. Has an appendix and index. Document has been scanned. Part 1 - cover to page 17 2 - pages 18 to 40 3 - pages 41 to 66 4 - pages 67 to 100 5 - pages 101 to 132 6 - pages 132 to 159 7 - pages 160 to rear cover trams, tramways, manual, tramcar equipment, maintenance, motors, controllers, tramcars, tram bodies -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, Jun. 1951
Yields information about the reconstruction of track at Hospital Corner and the way tram services were arranged and the corner itself.Negative and Digital image of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No. 35 crossing Sturt St while trackwork is being undertaken to replace diamond crossing at Hospital corner. The tram has the destination of Lydiard St North and is proceeding to Drummond St North to reverse. Based on Reg Item 5623, the work was done June 1951. In the background is H. E. Herbert's grocery shop, advertising "Rowland's" - soft drinks - see https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/Rowlands_Soft_Drink_Factory Reg Item 5079 - drawing of 6/1950 showing details of the crossing to be replaced. Reg Item 5340 - shows the building as well. Reg Item 5623 - has a note about the trackwork being undertaken on 19/6/1951. Reg Item 6225 - shows the new building being built during 1962. Reg Item 7720 - photocopy from Reg Item 5623 Reg Item 7721 - photocopy of the relevant page from the August 1951 issue of Electric Traction which details the event. trams, tramways, hospital corner, drummond st, sturt st, trackwork, tram 35 -
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Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, 21/04/1962 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the AETA tour in 1962 and the trams used.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photograph of two trams at the Lydiard St North terminus during an AETA tour 21-4-1962. 18 and 37 the tour trams. No. 18 has roof Advertisements for White Florists of Sturt St and Lancashire's of Bridge St and a dash panel advert for The Age newspaper. No. 37 has an SEC "Switch to Electric Cooking" roof Advertisements. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear of photograph in ink "SEC, Ballarat Nos. 18 and 37 at Lydiard St Nth 21-4-62" and Wal Jack stamp in top right hand corner with number "T1267" written in.trams, tramways, aeta, tours, special trams, lydiard st north, tram 18, tram 37 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, 20/08/1955 12:00:00 AM
... to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of electric trams. Trams tramways AETA ...Yields information about the trams used by the AETA for a Ballarat tour to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of electric trams.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of the AETA Ballarat Golden Jubilee tour of 20/8/1955, of Specials 21 and 38, and service car 31 at the Sebastopol Terminus. Photo Wal Jack. The shelter on image i4, a bit wider view than that for the prints. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear of photograph in ink "SEC Ballarat AETA Specials Nos 21 & 38, Service car No. 31, Sebastopol terminus 20-8-55, 50 years of electric traction in Ballarat". Has Wal Jack stamp in top right hand corner with number "T182" written in.trams, tramways, aeta, tours, golden jubilee of trams, sebastopol, shelters, tram 21, tram 38, tram 31 -
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Book, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Electric System /Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation", 1966
Forty Eight page, side staple book within blue Rexene covers. Titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Electric System /Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation" Dated 1966. Printed by Regent Press Pty Ltd, 457 Plenty Road, Preston. Provides in a Q & A format, instructions to drivers in electric car operation, photos of various types of controllers, an A.B.C. for tramways drivers - "always" points to remember and has a reference index. has the numbers 139 and 140 circled on inside of front cover. Has name "McCalee B" as the driver's name the document issued to and "5570" and the driver's number.trams, tramways, mmtb, drivers, training, instructions, motormen -
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Document - Calendar, Sydney Tramway Museum, 1974
Calendar 1975 - 28 pages - black and white photos except for the front cover. Produced by the Sydney Tramway Museum. Features photographs of various Australasian Tramway Systems: Ballarat 34 and Adelaide 111 at the St Kilda Tramway Museum Dunedin 61 Ballarat 37 at the City terminus Bulimba Power Station electric locomotive Newcastle 383 Darling St Balmain Perth Trolley Bus 21 Perth 55 Melbourne Tait train Launceston 26 Sydney Suburban train Adelaide 365 Brisbane 293 VR 28 Geelong 14 - at Eastern Park Sydney tramway museum tramways, trams, ballarat, adelaide, newcastle, sydney, dunedin tramways, brisbane, perth, trolley buses, melbourne, launceston, victorian railways, geelong, tram 14, tram 37, tram 34 -
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Photograph - Colour Print/s, Lindsay Richardson, 23/01/2016 12:00:00 AM
Set of four colour prints of tramway points and crossings components being shipped and off loaded from Bungaree to Perth for the Perth Electric Tramway Society - Jan and Feb. 2016. Photos of Kodak Royal paper by Lindsay Richardson.On rear in ink "23/1/16" and "LCR" on three of them, and "Unloading points and crossings at Whiteman Park 24/2/16"trams, tramways, btm, perth, pets, points, bungaree -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 5, Dave Simpson, late 1960's early 1970's
Set of five 35mm slides - Anscochrome white plastic mounts of tram 39 running a special (39), crossing other trams at Gardens Loop. .1 - 39 and 13 .2 - 39 and 26 .3 - 39 .4 - 39 .5 - 39 Tram 39 has a SEC - all under control in my all electric kitchen roof advertisement, 26 a Briquettes roof advert and 13 a Twin Lakes dash panel advert.tramways, trams, gardens loop, wendouree parade, special trams, tram 13, tram 26, tram 39 -
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Photograph - Digital image, Mal Rowe, Aug. 1971
... . Yields information about the conversion from electric trams ...Yields information about the conversion from electric trams to buses along the Mt Pleasant line in August 1971.Digital image of tram 27 in Barkly St Mt Pleasant. A man on the left hand side is putting up a bus stop sign from his Holden Ute. Taken by Mal Rowe August 1971. Tram has a Twin Lakes sign.trams, tramways, barkly st, mt pleasant, bus stops, closure, tram 27 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - List, Wal Jack, "Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd - Ballarat Tramway Rollingstock", 1950's
Yields information about the ESCo tram fleet and equipment.Handwritten list of ESCo Ballarat Tramcars, titled "Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd - Ballarat Tramway Rollingstock", providing details of the number, type, builder, truck, motors seating, date in service, notes and when sold or scrapped. Also gives details of colours or livery, and controllers. Contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips. esco, tramcars, controllers -
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Magazine, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 3, "The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 4, "The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 7, "The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 8, "The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 10, 1952
5685.1 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 4 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 3, April 1952, stapled down along the left hand side. Has items on Sydney trams, a Map of Ballarat tramways (See image i2), Newcastle News, and a discussion of the influx of transport experts into Sydney from England. 5685.2 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 7 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 4, May 1952, stapled down along the left hand side. Has notes on use of tramway power for pumping stations, map of Bendigo (see image i4), news from Brisbane, Sydney news, association news, tramcar painting letters, Newcastle Destination roll 5685.3 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 7 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 7, August 1952, stapled down along the left hand side. Has notes on Brisbane, Association news, map of the La Perouse - Botany - Mascot district, Ryde Cemetery, Sydney R 1890 runaway, North Sydney destination roll (1910) 5685.4 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 8 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 8, September 1952, stapled down along the left hand side. Has notes on Association news, (left hand side very faded), map of the Enfield's lines, Brisbane Trolley Bus system 1952, Sydney news, and Eastern Suburbs roll. 5285.5 - Spirit duplicated magazine, 9 quarto pages, single sided - " The Trolley Wire", Vol 1, No. 10, November 1952, stapled down along the left hand side. Has notes on Brisbane, Wylde St trolley bus route in Sydney, Sydney news, association notes, Proposed lines in Sydney - Haberfield to Dobroyd, use of triple trams in Sydney, Broken Hill destination roll, Fort Macquarie depot track drawing and Newcastle news. See Reg Item 5685 for other Vol 1 issues and Reg Item 5686 for Vol. 2 issues.Vol 1, No. 4 has pencil inscription of "H. H. Matthews" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, tramway news, history, sydney, newcastle, broken hill, brisbane, ballarat, bendigo, map -
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Book, Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Parallel sided carbon brushes for DC Commutator Machines", 1927
Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard C.43-1927, "Parallel sided carbon brushes for DC Commutator Machines". Dated Dec. 1927. Provides an index and information about carbon brushes including drawings.On top right hand corner has stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" and date "19 May 1928".trams, tramways, tramways, electrical equipment, motors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, British Engineering Standards Association, "Cast Steel Wheel Centres for Electric Tramcars", "Wrought Iron Wheel Centres for Electric Tramcars", 1922
.1 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "Cast Steel Wheel Centres for Electric Tramcars". Dated April 1922. Has standard Number 150-1922. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. .2 - Book - 16 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "Wrought Iron Wheel Centres for Electric Tramcars". Dated April 1922. Has standard Number 149-1922. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. Both copies has the stamp of the "Tait Book Co. 90 William St. Melbourne" on the lower edge and in the top right corner, the ESCo Ballarat company stamp and the date "14 September 1923". trams, tramways, tramways, electrical equipment, wheels -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Electrical Performance of Traction Motors - Direct Current Series Wound", 1925
Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard C.2 - 1925, "Electrical Performance of Traction Motors - Direct Current Series Wound". Dated Dec. 1925. Provides an index and information about enclosures, ratings, testing and information to be supplied.On top right hand corner has stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" and date "17 April 1934".trams, tramways, tramways, electrical equipment, motors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "AC Electric Arc Welding Plant - Transformer type", "Brass water fittings - stop, bib, globe and ferrule or main taps", "Vegetable tanned leather belting", "Rubber Conveyor and Power Transmission Belting", "Maintenance of Portable Chemical Fire Extinguishers of the Acid-Alkali and Foam Types", "Copper Tubes", "Portland Cement", 1928 - 1942
.1 - Book - 12 pages + brown covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Standards Association, "AC Electric Arc Welding Plant - Transformer type", C97-1942, July 1942. .2 - Book - 40 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard B1 - "Brass water fittings - stop, bib, globe and ferrule or main taps", B1-1928, August 1928. .3 - Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard B4 - "Vegetable tanned leather belting", B4 - 1929, January 1929. .4 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard B3 - Rubber Conveyor and Power Transmission Belting", B3 - 1929, March 1929. .5 - Book - 8 pages + green covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Standards Association, "Maintenance of Portable Chemical Fire Extinguishers of the Acid-Alkali and Foam Types", CA 18-1941, May 1941. .6 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard B2 - "Copper Tubes", B2 - 1928, July 1928. .7 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard A2 - "Portland Cement", includes tests, A2-1926, December 1926. On top right hand corner has the date stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" .2 - 3 Sep 1928 .3 - 19 Jan 1929 .4 - 3 Apr 1929 .5 - SEC Stamp - ? 1941 .6 - 20 July 1928 .7 - 17 Apr 1934trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Elimination of Waste - Standardization Simplified Practice", 1927
Book - 8 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Elimination of Waste - Standardization Simplified Practice". Dated February 1927. Provides information about why standards and common practices.On top right hand corner and inside the cover has stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" and date "7 March 1927".trams, tramways, standards