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Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Report, McCarty Underwood & Co, "Proposed Melbourne to Burwood Electric Tramway", May 1914
... of the Burwood tram line. tramways tramcars HTT Burwood report Battery ...The report titled "Proposed Melbourne to Burwood Electric Tramway and Electrification of Hawthorn Horse Tramway" by McCarty Underwood dated May 1914. Report prepared as a precursor to the formation of the Hawthorn Tramways Trust. The report looks at the estimated costs, revenue, expenditure and engineering difficulties. Only considered a line to Burwood, not Wattle Park. Has a page looking at the use of Storage Battery cars. Yields information about the establishment of the Burwood tram line.Report - 16 printed foolscap sheets plus a fold out plan in colour, centre stapled.Has "1" in a circle in indelible pencil in the top right hand corner.tramways, tramcars, htt, burwood, report, battery trams -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Black and White photograph, Windsor Publications, c1975
Black and white photograph of - A3 size - tram L 106 (Carnegie, Route 4) at Glenhuntly Depot, undated - notes prior to the withdrawal from regular service. Photo No. 9. Tram has adverts for Gauloises cigarettes, Courage bee, Guardian Australia insure and Marshall batteries. Part of a series of photos by the Publisher. Has details of the publisher and printerHas in pencil "TMSV" in top right hand corner on rear.trams, tramways, l class, glenhuntly depot, route 4, carnegie, tram 106 -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Report, Commonwealth of Australia 1978, "Electric Transport Conference 1977 - Papers and Proceedings", 1978
Report - Conference Papers and Proceedings - 400 pages - perfect bound, titled "Electric Transport Conference 1977 - Papers and Proceedings", held by the Australian Electric Vehicle Association and Bureau of Transport Economics. Includes papers on energy resources, national consideration, fixed wire public transport, electric road vehicle, in plant vehicles, batteries, advances in technology. Includes a paper by Dudley Snell on Melbourne's Z class trams and 25kv electrification of Brisbane suburban system.Stamped on front cover and inside "Discarded from PTC Library 2 November 1989"trams, tramways, public transport, electric trains, electric vehicles, technical information, z class, brisbane -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDecorative Object - Gift Box, Yarra Trams, "Celebrating our first year together", Dec. 2010
Metal gift box or tin, contained within a black card cover with Yarra Trams name on the outside. The Gift box or tin, with lid, has the words "Celebrating our first year together", with the Keolis Downer EDI Rail logo and Yarra Trams logo. The box contains a silver coloured metal torch, with LED bulbs fitted with a cotton hand strap. Three AAA size batteries by Ninghai Hengjui Battery Co. contained within the dark grey foam holder. The torch has been printed with the Yarra Trams logo. Folded with in the box is a 10 folded card giving the achievements of the first year (from 30 Nov. 2009) to Nov. 2010. Printed in full colour.trams, tramways, yarra trams, tramtracker, myki, keolis -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Chris Phillips, Sep. 1969
Black and white photograph, taken during the night, of SW6 924 and other trams stored with many other tramcars in Glenferrie Road, during the reconstruction of the Malvern Tram Depot lead, 13/9/1969. Taken by Chris Phillips, printed on Kodak Paper. Tram 924 has drivers panel advertisement for Neals and Marshall Batteries.On the rear in black ink "13/"trams, tramways, mmtb, malvern depot, glenferrie rd, trackwork, tram 816 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: OPEN CROSS-SEAT TRAMS
... basil miller Bendigo Trams Photo from 1892 battery ...Photo from 1892 battery-electrics replaced by steam tram cars Bendigo Railway station - Eaglehawk. Two copies.basil miller, bendigo trams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS
In 1890 Bendigo's first tramway battery electric carriages operated between Sandhurst and Eaglehawk.basil miller, bendigo trams -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumEquipment - Taillight switch and fuse board, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), c1950
Item used to switch on or off the red tail lights circuit on a tram. Made by the SECV. The board was located next to the 6V battery that was used to power the tram tail lights when the trolley pole was being reversed under a passenger seat.. Demonstrates an item fitted to a tramcar to switch an external lighting circuit.Softwood wood board with a bakelite two pole switch marked "on" and "off" and a Federal 250V 15A rewireable ceramic fuse attached. Has remnants of cloth covered copper wire on the rear. See item 9024 for an associated drawing."12" in blue pencil.fuse, tram 14, tramcars, tramcar maintenance, electrical switching -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumEquipment - Taillight relay and box, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), c1950
Item used to switch the power for the red tail lights circuit from the trolley pole to the battery circuit when the trolley pole was being reversed and not able to provide power to the internal and external lights. Made by the SECV. Salvaged from tram 14 during the project to renew the wiring and electrical arrangements of the tram. The box was located adjacent to the driver's windows and would click when the trolley pole was placed back on the overhead.Demonstrates an item fitted to a tramcar to switch an external battery tail lighting circuit.Wooden box made from softwood with bevelled corners, plywood top painted green containing an 8 Ohm "Post Office" type relay (see reference) fitted with two "break" contacts and associated insulated wiring soldered to the relevant contacts. See item 9024 for an associated drawing. Two examples held.fuse, tram 14, tramcars, tramcar maintenance, electrical switching -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Correspondence - "Beach Cars" - Edison Storage Batteries 1910
... about the "Beach Cars" battery powered trams of 1910. tramways ...Typed copies of correspondence dated 21/7/1910, from the Federal Storage Battery Company to the Mr H Milner, Managing Director of the Beaumaris Tramway Co. at the Equitable Building Melbourne. Gives extensive details and comparisons of the battery storage system compared to the electric tramcars. Known as "Beach Cars" - see reference. Notes the work of Edison, batteries. Signed by R. H Beach, the Company Secretary. Has notes on car (streetcar or tramcar) performance, report from the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company, comparison report from the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the State of Massachusetts, and cost comparisons. Yields information about the "Beach Cars" battery powered trams of 1910.Set of six typed blue foolscap sheets titled - "Beach Cars" - Edison Storage Batteries 1910tramways, trams, battery tramcars, battery systems, beach cars, beaumaris tramway co. ltd, edison -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPamphlet - Edison Battery Cars, Railway Storage Battery Car Co, 1920s
Set of six pamphlets about the Edison storage battery system and associated rail or tramway related vehicles. Was promoted by various people, but internal combustion engines were found to be superior overall at the time.Yields detailed information about the use of the Edison battery storage system in railways.Set of five pamphlets regarding the Edison Battery Car. Was a proposal put forward to the operators of the Beaumaris Tramway Co. 1 - four page - "Edison Battery Car" - operating exhibit at American Railway Association Convention - 1920 2 - four page - ""Operations, Maintenance and performance of storage battery cars on the long island railroad" 3 - two page - "Storage battery cars for Mexican Railroad" 4 - four page - "Storage Battery cars on the Canadian National" 5 - four page - "Edison - Goodman Electric Storage Battery locomotives in New Zealand" - Christchurch 6 - one page - letter - from W Dobson of the Cambria & Indiana Railroad Co. re the use of such cars and their results.Have the stamp of the "The Southern Electric Power Co. of Gilbert Place Adelaide" and "E F Ablitt Mechanical Engineer, Melbourne"battery tramcars, edison, battery systems, new zealand, railways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE BENDIGO DIGGINGS, PRELIMINARY DRAFT FOR BROCHURE
... World War Sandhurst W C Vahland Battery Trams Horse Trams Steam ...BHS CollectionNine typed pages of notes on a preliminary draft for a brochure on the Bendigo Diggings. First part is the objective which is to preserve the mining history and to have exhibits in the places they were used, e.g. quartz mining machinery exhibited in a quartz mining area, not on an alluvial field. Part B is historical notes on the area. Part C is the Site - Victoria Hill area. Part D is Stage One which consists of carpark area, technological museum, restaurant, mineral haulage line, picnic ground, earthworks and planting over the area. Part E is Stage Two which will consist of the open-air exhibits, in the area surrounded by the mineral haulage line, and the Central Nell Gwynne mine on the west side of the site. Part F is Stage Three which will consist of the winery, the steam tram track, the lake, the wildlife sanctuary and various buildings associated with gold mining. Part G is Costing with the prices to be filled in. Parts H and I are the Appeal and the Committee. Details to be filled in.mining, marketing, victoria hill, victoria hill, the bendigo diggings - preliminary draft for brochure, aust national travel association, tullamarine jetport, emu bottom homestead, kyneton historical museum, chinese joss house, eaglehawk museum, whipstick scrub, cairn curran reservoir, castelmaine historical museum and market hall, national trust, ballarat hiatorical park, echuca's hopwood gardens, swan hill folk museum, gibson's mount alexander no 2 squatting run, captain brown, chief commissioner wright, hustler's reef, thomas hustler, mining board, drainage of reefs act 1862, first world war, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, second world war, sandhurst, w c vahland, battery trams, horse trams, steam trams, electric trams, central nell gwynne mine, theodore ballerstadt, george lansell, new chum hill, ballerstadt's open cut, 180 mine, new chum syncline battery, william rae, victoria quartz, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', luffsman and sterry, gold mines hotel, adventure, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo city council, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, professor brian lewis, school of architecture and building at the university of melbourne, taylor horsfield, lord robert cecil, south australian gold commissioner
