Demonstrates aspects of the SEC personnel practices in giving guidance to its employees about wages, and leave entitlements and processes within the SEC itself. Would have been given to new employees.Thirty two page book, with card cover, centre stapled, titled SEC "Staff Regulations and Information". Has colour cover of Yallourn power station with, SEC logo. Gives an introduction, advice on appointments and promotions, salary accelerations and increments, education and training, leave (Recreation, sick, special and long service), classification and appeals committee rules and information. Issued by the SEC 12/1964. Full scan of document added as a pdf file 5/6/2019.On front cover "W. Chandler" in ink. Marks on paragraphs regarding leave and termination.trams, tramways, sec, staff, personnel

2971.1 - Photocopy of the cover of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 3, No. 3, Nov 1938 . Features Miss Winifred Gurr of the Queenscliff office, as the Good Fairy, Electricity at the Geelong Centenary Celebrations. Has the SEC logo or motif on the top of the cover. 2971.2 - Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 3, No. 3, Nov. 1938 titled "The Development of Ballarat's Electricity Supply". One A3 sheet and one A4 sheet. The article details the SEC's part in the celebration of Geelong's Centenary Celebrations in October 1938. Opened by Mayor, Alderman C. N. Brown. Details the lighting needs for the celebrations, 400kW, the large motor traffic who came to see them, damage due to Gales, public buildings illuminated and the procession. Includes details of the decorated trams - 1500 paper floors and 400 lamps. Has photos of Moorabool St, a decorated Pengelly tram and Power Station. On page 4 is a letter from an American visitor, Dorothy Bradner congratulating the tramways. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD. Images added of pages 22 and 37 Page 22 - image 12 - titled "The Provincial Big Three" - photos of the Managers of the Ballarat, Geelong and Bendigo Regions - Mr. T. A. Farr, Mr. H.N. Hornabrook and T.H. McNaught. Page 37 - image 11 - Staff movements of General Interest - records the retirement of W. White Tramways Inspector Geelong, and appointments - W. J. McKinnon appointed as Tramway Inspector and Mr. C. S. Ball, appointed Senior Traffic Inspector. Each item had a thin strip of paper attached by staple to the top left hand corner, giving the Vol. No. details. trams, tramways, sec, geelong, geelong centenary, power station, decorated trams, letters

Book with hardcovers, 48 pages titled "Victoria The Land of Enchantment". Sewn in three sections, with a green strip of cloth and self end papers and printed outer paper, sides glued onto board covers. Consists of 43 colour photographs (full and half page) with captions, detailed text, and two black and white photos printed in blue on end covers. Photos of Mt Buffalo, Gippsland lakes, Mornington Beach, Yarra River, Flinders St. station from the Yarra, Collins and Spring St (with two W2's - see image No. 2), Parliament House, Kiewa Hydro scheme, Eildon Weir, Swan Hill Murray River Bridge, Bendigo Post Office, Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Ballarat - Grenville and Sturt St (No. 22 - see image No. 3), Lorne, Yallourn Power Station, Hume Weir, Maroondah Weir, Great Ocean Road, Warrnambool, Portland Beach, A timber train (see image No. 4), Mildura, flax mills, Eastern Geelong and the Prime Ministers Ave, Ballarat. Produced by Nucolorvue Productions, c1950. See also Reg Item 2925 for the same photo of No. 22 and Reg Item 5354 for a postcard. Purchased via eBay site - see attached sheets and packing slip. Purchased 10/2/2005 for A$12.50 including postage, from Virginia Georgopoulos of West Brunswick. eBay sheets and envelope with worksheet file. Has Swains 123 Pitt St, Sydney sticker on bottom left hand corner page 2trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st, grenville st, bogie trams, geelong, bendigo, melbourne

Yields information about a piece of the original equipment from the ESCo Ballarat power station.Colour photograph of the ESCo Wendouree Parade power station - DC face plate starter for one of the rotary converters - DC hand operated drum and multiple lever panel" - see Jan. 1998 issue of Fares Please! for details of the donation and a copy of the photograph as used. Photo taken by Warren Doubleday. Printed on Kodak Paper. Photo taken mid Dec. 1997. Photos of cabinet with doors opened and signs added 2/4/2018. Images .1 - Brookhirst makers plate with Patent Nos. .2 - Machine with doors open .3 - wiring diagram .4 - Brookirst cabinet latch at the bottom of the machine. .5 - Safety sign re opening the doors. .6 - bottom section of cabinet with cable found in machine .7 - top half of machine .8 - similar to .6 .9 - close up of the cable. See January 1998 Fares Please!esco, power station, rotary converters

Has a strong association with the ESCo shed staff and later tram crews, c1910? Shows the nature of the clothing worn by the depot staff, and one of the crew and the interior detail of the one of the tramcars at the time. Provides details of names of some of the men photographed.Black and White copy photograph of the ESCo power station and tramway staff outside the front of the ESCo Power Station, View Point, Wendouree Parade, Ballarat c1915. Standing on the ground are 26 men and on the tower truck a further 14 men. Shows details of the clothing the men were wearing at the time, depending on the age and company position, details of the horse drawn tower truck, and of the power station and office brickwork. Tower wagon drawn by one Clydesdale horse. See page 53 of The Golden City and its Tramways and for the photo itself. Gives some names of the people in the photograph. From the photo caption in the book: Extreme left Harry Foy, depot Foreman, second from left Mr Knox the accountant; third from left is Walter J.K. Dunstan, office manager, 7th from left Alan Todd, 3rd from right standing is Bob Tregaskis ("Rickety Bob), at left, kneeling is Albert Mitchell, at right kneeling is George Laurens - overhead wire maintenance, standing at base of the tower at right is Tom Richardson, painter, next to him on the left is Sy Barker and at the reins Teddy Hewitt and Harry Weston.tramways, trams, esco, staff, power station, tower wagon

Has a strong association with the ESCo tram and power station staff, c1920? Published detail provides some names of the men photographed. Shows the style of clothing, the equipment used and details of the power station office building.Black and White copy photograph of some of the ESCo tram depot staff and one uniformed crew member, alongside an ESCo tram. Shows the details of the interior of the tram ceiling. See page 50 of The Golden City and its Tramways and for the photo itself. Gives some names of the people in the photograph. From the photo caption in the book: Extreme left is Bill Morgan, Harry Foy, Sy Barker, Robert Haines.tramways, trams, esco, staff, depot, cross bench tram

Ten page book with plastic clear cover and heavy rear cover, bound with a green colour comb binder, titled "Botanic Gardens Wendouree Parade Ballarat - An ever changing physical environment - a part of Ballarat's cultural heritage". Prepared May 2004 by Warren Doubleday as part of a visit by St Patrick's College on 20-5-2004. Fax copy of letter in rear of item. Has photos of the Horse trams, electric trams to 1971, BTPS, BTM, power station, Gardens and the SEC depot.trams, tramways, wendouree parade, gardens, btm, schools

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 8/4/1958. Has slide No. "5" stamped in black in top corner. Photo of the SEC Ballarat Ford welding truck, at the intersection of Macarthur St and Wendouree Parade, View Point Junction. Note tram stop signage. Three SEC workers in view, with road signage set up and truck connected to the overhead for welding work. Note bicycle leaning against truck. Welder - Weld For high resolution scan see btm2864.tif See Reg Item 7700 for another photo of the truck in the Power Station yard. "Drummond St. and View Point Junction Ballarat" / "8-4-58"tramways, trams, rails, welding, trucks

Features a photo of a cooking lesson in Electra Hall and the Mayor of Ballarat driving No. 30, following its conversion to the Ballarat style of trams in September the previous year at the time of the inauguration of the new rolling stock. Notes the progress in Ballarat in the last 18 months, reconditioning of the tram lines, the "new" trams, the changeover from DC to AC, new sub-stations, distribution networks and electrical development, including work at the power station. Has an "Important Notice" advising readers of the scope of the Departmental Journal "CONTACT" and its relationship with the social and sporting activities magazine "SEC MAGAZINE". See Reg Item 3011 for a print of the photo of No. 30. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD and to include an item titled "A Page from Geelong" about a fractured pole, two minutes of silence and the impact on power generation and a thankyou letter. Demonstrates the reporting and promotion of SEC activities to its staff and public in Ballarat.Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 1, May 1936 titled "Progress in Ballarat". trams, tramways, sec, ballarat, electricity supply, tramcars, power station, electra hall, geelong, poles

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

.1 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the British Engineering Standards Committee, British Standard Specification for "Keys and Keyways". Dated April 1918. Has standard Number 46-1909. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. .2 - Book - 16 pages + light grey cover, cotton stitched on side, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "BS Fine Bolts, Hexagon Bolts, Set Screws, Nuts, split-pins, washers and studs". Dated Feb. 1925. Has standard Number 191-1924. Provides materials specification, tables, and an index. .3 - Book - 8 pages + light grey cover, cotton stitched on the side, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "Identification colors for Engine Room Piping". Dated May 1929. Has standard Number 3011-1924. Provides index and colours of piping to be used and Identification. .4 - Book - 16 pages + light grey cover, cotton stitched on side, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "BS Whitworth Bolts, Hexagon Bolts, Set Screws, Nuts, split-pins, washers and studs". Dated Feb. 1925. Has standard Number 190-1924. Provides materials specification, tables, and an index..1 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. .2 - has the stamp of the Standard Association of Australia, endorsing the document as an Australian Standard, B49-1932, and has the ESCo Ballarat company stamp with dated 17 April 1934. .3 - has the stamp of the Standard Association of Australia, endorsing the document as an Australian Standard, F1 - 1931, the label of "J. Ewins & Sons, Booksellers, Ballarat on the lower left-hand corner of the cover and the name "R. S. Coy"? in pencil on the top right-hand corner. .4 - has the stamp of the Standard Association of Australia, endorsing the document as an Australian Standard, B48-1932 and has the ESCo Ballarat company stamp with dated 17 April 1934.trams, tramways, engineers, bolts, power station, workshops

.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

.1 - Book - 8 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Standards Association, "Electrical Voltages and electrical frequencies for new installations ", C1 (a&b) - 1926, December 1926. .2 - Book - 36 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Overhead Line wire material for telegraph and telephone purposes", C3-11-1925, November 1925. .3 - Book - 20 pages + brown covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Telephone cable, paper insulated lead covered", C12 - 1928, January 1928. .4 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Marking for Switchboard bus-bars and connections" C13 - 1925, December 1925 - with a pasted green label noting that the "tentative standard is now endorsed as Australian Standard without amendment" - dated Oct. 1930. .5 - Book - 32 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "Dimensions and Resistances of Bare Annealed Copper Wire for Electrical Machinery and Apparatus", C 18-1926, October 1926. .6 - Book - 12 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "Slate Slabs for Electrical Purposes", C19 - 1926, July 1926. .7 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Moulded Flat Top Insulation Bushes" C20-1926, October 1926. .8 - Book - 16 pages + brown covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Insulation dimensions and resistance of enamelled plain copper wire for instruments and apparatus" C21-1928, January 1928. .9 Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Watertight Glands for electric cables" C22-1926, September 1926. .10 - Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Air-break knife switches and laminated brush switches for voltages not exceeding 660Volts" - C23 - 1926, August 1926" On top right hand corner has the date stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials, electrical systems

.1 - Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Air-break knife switches and laminated brush switches for voltages not exceeding 660Volts" - C23 - 1926, August 1926" .2 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Flame proof air break switches for Voltages Not Exceeding 600Volts", C25-1926, October 1926. .3 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Flame proof air break circuit breakers for Voltages Not Exceeding 600Volts", C26-1926, October 1926. .4 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Totally Enclosed air-break Circuit Breakers for Voltages not exceeding 660 Volts" - C27 - 1926, September 1926. .5 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Totally Enclosed air-break Switches for Voltages not exceeding 660 Volts" - C28 - 1926, December 1926. .6 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "Metallic Resistance Materials for Electrical Purposes" - C29-1926, November 1926. .7 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Face Plate controllers and resistances for use therewith Electric Motors (DC and AC Slip ring)" - C31-1926 - December 1926. .8 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Contactor Controllers and Resistances for use therewith Electric Motors (DC and AC Slip ring)" - C32-1926 - December 1926. .9 Book - 36 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Electrical Performance of Industrial Electric Motors and Generators with class A insulation" - C34-1927, October 1927 with a green label dated September 1932 advised that the tentative standard has been endorsed as a Standard with amendment. .10 - Book - 56 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Electrical Performance of Large Electric Generators and Motors - Rating permitting overloads" - C35-1927, April 1927 with a green label dated September 1932 advised that the tentative standard has been endorsed as a Standard with amendment. On top right hand corner has the date stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials, electrical systems

.1 - Book - 56 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Electrical Performance of Large Electric Generators and Motors - Continuous Maximum Rating" - C36-1927, May 1927 with a green label dated September 1932 advised that the tentative standard has been endorsed as a Standard with amendment. .2 - Book - 48 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Electrical Performance of Alternators of the Steam Driven Type" - C38-1927 - December 1927 with a green label dated September 1932 advised that the tentative standard has been endorsed as a Standard with amendment. .3 - Book - 32 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Electricity Meters" C39-1927, August 1927. .4 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Pressboard for Electrical Purposes" - C40-1927, January 1927. .5 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Hard Drawn copper stranded circular conductors for overhead power transmission purposes" C41-1930, August 1927, with a green label dated October 1932 advised that the tentative standard has been endorsed as a Standard with amendment. .6 - Book - 48 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "for Indicating Ammeters, Voltmeters, wattmeters, frequency and power factor meters" - C42-1927 - December 1927, with a green label dated October 1932 advised that the tentative standard has been endorsed as a Standard with amendment. .7 - Book - 32 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Instrument Transformers" - C45-1928, June 1928. .8 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Liquid Starters for Electric Motors" C46-1927, December 1927. .9 - Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Star Delta switch starters for Electric Motors" C47-1927, December 1927. .10 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Multiple switch starters for Electric Motors" C48-1927, December 1927. On top right hand corner has the date stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials, electrical systems

.1 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Contactor Starters for Electric Motors" C49-1927, December 1927. .2 - Book - 56 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Dimensions of insulated annealed copper conductors for electric power and light including voltage tests" C50-1928, June 1928. .3 - Book - 36 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Vulcanised Fibre for Electrical Purposes" C51-1928, May 1928. .4 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Bus-bars and connections constructed of bare copper or aluminium" C52-1928, May 1928. .5 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Fixed Condensers for Radio Reception Purposes" - C53-1928, February 1928. .6 - Book - 32 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "Graphic (Recording or chart recording) ammeters, voltmeters and wattmeters." C54-1928 March 1928. .7 - Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "5-Amp two pin wall plugs and sockets for domestic purposes (without earthing connection)" C55-1928, August 1928, .8 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "Electric Cable Soldering Sockets" C56-1929, March 1929. .9 - Book - 8 pages + brown covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Graphical Symbols and Schedule of Outlets for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings" C64 and 65-1935, October 1935. .10 - Book - 24 pages + brown covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Porcelain Insulators for overhead powerlines and outdoor switching Structures" C67-1939, August 1939. On top right hand corner has the date stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" for items .1 to .8, SEC stamp on .10. trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials, electrical systems

.1 - Book - 56 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the British Engineering Standards Committee "Electrical Machinery excluding motors for traction purposes", No. 72-1917, September 1917. Has "Commonwealth Engineer" label along the bottom edge. .2 - Book 28 pages - light grey covers, side stapled, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, "Insulating oils for use in Transformers, oil switches and circuit breakers" No. 148-1923, April 1923. Has a Tait Book Co. stamp along the bottom edge and ESCo date stamp 1 Oct. 1925. Printed by Gaylard & Sons London. .3 - Book 72 pages - light grey covers, side stapled, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, "Tungsten Filament Electric Lamps" No. 161-1925, August 1927. Has a Tait Book Co. stamp along the bottom edge and ESCo date stamp 15 Feb. 1928. Printed by Waterlow & Sons London. .4 - Book 48 pages - light grey covers, side stapled, issued by the British Standards Institution, "Metal Sheathed paper insulated plain annealed copper conductors for electricity supply including voltage tests" No.1 48-1933, March 1933. Has a Tait Book Co. stamp along the bottom edge and ESCo date stamp 15 Feb. 1928. Printed by Waterlow & Sons London. trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials, electrical systems

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

Yields information about a new depot for Ballarat - the track plan proposed but not followed through for ESCo. Gives the layout and the proposed manufacturer Hadfield's.Print made from a microfilm using a microfilm printer, of "Ballarat Plan 6", a drawing showing trackwork for a new tram depot proposed for the ESCo owned property near the power house. Shows an 8 track tram depot in association with existing Wendouree Parade trackwork. Prepared by Hadfield's Sheffield, drawing No. 6745 as Plan No. 6. Gives details of the proposed rail weights - 90lb and 83lb and location details. Drawing held as one complete assembled print and two part prints. The assembled print was scanned. Note not printed at full size. See Alan Bradley article on the Power Station and power supply to Ballarat.depot, trackwork, ballarat, esco, hadfield's

The photo shows the construction of the first part of the Geelong tram depot, digging trenches for power cables or drainage, some track, wheel sets delivered possibly mid-1911. The power station chimney can be seen on the left-hand side. Many workers, horse-drawn carts, and materials can be seen.Yields information about Geelong late 1930s and tramway operations.Black and white photograph - plain back.geelong, tramways, mesco, construction, geelong depot, new tramways

Photo album - with a photograph and typed details of a selection of the various trams in the fleet. Based on the date of the tram car mileages as at 31-3-1958, compiled during 1958. Not known who compiled it, but could have been the Tramway Superintendent Mr Denmead from SEC or other parties photos. All photos are common to the collection except for the one of tram 36 in Wendouree Parade at depot junction. Has sheets for: ESCo 2 - Power station - item 698 ESCo 2 - Sturt St advertising Jago boots - item 1710 ESC0 18 - Sturt St - Suttons advert - item 2490 ESCo 21 - Sebastopol type at depot - item 3002 ESCo 23 - Sebastopol type at depot - item 5142 SEC 17 - at depot junction - item 1714 SEC 19 - at depot - item 4525 SEC 21 - at depot - item 4526 SEC 22 - at depot - item 1360i7 SEC 23 - Gold tram at depot - item 1707i1 SEC 26 - at depot - item 4529 SEC 29 - at depot - item 541i1 SEC 30 - at depot - item 1706 SEC 36 - at depot junction - similar to item 4527, added as 9119 SEC 40 - at depot - 1355i1 Bendigo - silver star starch - item 1890. Demonstrates the history of the SEC Ballarat fleet through a selection of photographs.Album - 22 paper leaves, bound with grey end papers and grey plascticised cover with leather finish. Album produced by New Star. Photos secured with photo corners, typed sheets glued onto the leaf.photo album, secv, tramcars, car fleet, tram 2, tram 18, esco, tram 21, tram 22, tram 23, tram 26, tram 29, tram 30, tram 36, tram 40

Yields information about SEC Ballarat Welding truck fitted with a trolley pole.Colour slides, Kodak white cardboard mount, developed Dec 1969 of the SEC Ford Welding truck, complete with Trolley Pole in the Power Station yard. Welder, weld Note the hand vice on the front bumper bar and the hand operated turn and stop signal device. See Reg Item 2864 for a view of this truck at work.ballarat, tramways, trams, sec, trackwork, welding

Set of 8 Digital Images of the powering up of the sub-station on 18/12/2004 .1 - Lights on in No. 27 .2 - ditto .3 - Being driven out of the shed by Paul Mong watched by Garry Wood .4 - ditto .5 - ditto .6 - a happy Paul leans from the tram ,7 - down the access track .8 - Scrubber No. 8 at St Aidans Drive with a full Lake Wendoureetrams, tramways, btm, substation, testing, isolating transformer, tram 27, tram 8

Extensive history on the foundation of the three Victorian Provincial tramways, operations, tramcar lists and relationship to their private operation and power stations.. Foreword by Professor Weston Bate Yields detailed information about the history of the three SEC Provincial systems, in particular the construction history and their tramcars.Book - 212 pages on art paper with a gloss finish applied to photographs, sewn with glued end papers, folded dust jacket or cover titled "Last Tram at Eleven - Tramways of Ballarat, Bendigo Geelong". Written by William F Scott, published by Full Parallel Productions 2008. Has a cloth book mark. Has a Table of Contents, Index, many photographs, maps, liststramway history, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, tramcars, trams

Shows a group of Geelong tramway crews and staff c1942/43Yields information on the uniforms worn by Geelong tramway crews and other staff.Copy photograph on black plastic type backing with black edges of a group of Geelong tramway employees, mostly in uniform standing in front of the Geelong Power station and tram depot in Brougham St, c1942/43.geelong, crews, power station, tramways

1 - Colour slide of the former Geelong A Power Station on the corner of Yarra St and Corio Tce (now Brougham St). First portion on the corner built by the Electric Lighting and Traction Co of Australia. The Geelong tram depot, operated by the Melbourne Electric Supply Co was incorporated within the structure during 1912. Operated by the State Electricity Commission from 1930 until the 1960's. Photo taken prior to the demolition of the chimney during the late 1960's. 2 - Colour slide dated April 1971, taken after the chimney has been demolished. Yields information about the former Geelong A power station prior to its partial demolition and incorporation into a shopping centre. Portions of the original brick buildings have been retained.1 - Green plastic Fuji Film Plastic slide of Photograph of Geelong A Power Station from Yarra St. 2 - Kodachrome cardboard colour slide, date stamped April 1971. No details of Photographer recorded on slide other than the date stamp.geelong, geelong a, power station, mesco, secv, tramways

Provides details of the history of SECV rail operations in the Yallourn and other power station open cuts and the transport of coal and the locomotives used in the Latrobe Valley operations of the SEC. Possibly prepared in the early 1980s. Rail operations on the interconnecting railway ceased in 2000. Shows outline diagrams of the steam, electric and diesel locomotives and the coal wagons.Provides information about the SEC Coal railways and their rolling stock used for power generation in Victoria.Report or document - 16 A4 pages titled Report - 'State Electricty Commission of Victoria Rail Transport: Yallourn Open Cut"sec tramways, power supply, secv, open cut mining, locomotives, interconnecting railway

Print of drawing number VB4/7184C "Diagrammatic Arrangement of Feeders and Trolley Wire", marked up in colour showing the various feeder and trolley wire arrangements for the central part of Ballarat and the Gardens line. Shows the detailed switch locations that enable the overhead to be isolated or changed when electrical work was being undertaken on the overhead that required it to be isolated. Shows how the various sections were fed from the power station. Revision C issued 2-9-1958.Yields information about the arrangement of the power supply to the trams from the power station and changes made to the system about 13 years prior to closure. Dyeline print on white paper of Drawing - "Diagrammatic Arrangement of Feeders and Trolley Wire" - VB4/7184Ctramways, ballarat, secv, trolley wire, feeder cables, overhead, power station, electrical engineering, electrical switching

Used as a souvenir ticket and postcard on the opening day of the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria (ESCo), Ballarat tramways on 18 August 1905, Has been punched for the Mount Pleasant and Orphanage - Grenville St section. Collected by David Budge - 1879 - 1974, son of William and Mary Budge of Trevor St Ballarat, who worked for the Victorian Railways as a blacksmith residing in Walnut St Carnegie. Demonstrates a souvenir item for the opening of the electric tramways in Ballarat in the form of a postcard, which could be sent to others as a souvenir of the new tram system in Ballarat. Has a strong association with the collector.Postcard - size Souvenir Tram ticket, printed using blue ink on one side with fare, photos of power station, engine room, boiler room and a tram & No.2341 stamped on edge. On reverse side is space for stamp, address etc., - with line & "postcard' etc., printed in red ink. See item 608 for other examples.esco, opening, tramways, ballarat, tickets, postcards, david budge