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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1906
Demonstrates the use of horse trams as trailers after the start of the electric trams in Ballarat and the street scape and tramway loading at the same time.B&W print of an ESCo tram just past the intersection of Doveton St. and Sturt St. travelling east along the north side of Sturt. Steet towing a heavily laden horse tram as a trailer. Photo appears to be taken soon after opening of the electric trams, as the tram does not have any destination box above the driver. Possibly summer 1905/1906. Numerous people in the street, some horse drawn vehicles in the photograph. Shows buildings along the south side of Sturt St. and part of the verandah of the building at the NE corner of Doveton St. On textured photographic paper. For a list and description of the same base image see Archives file - "Notes on ESCo Tram towing a heavily loaded trailer" 2nd copy added 6-8-2016 from a donation of Mike Ryan via Hawthorn Tram Depot.On reverse side - black ink stamp "E.G.Butland" Copy 2 has "TMSV 332 Flinders St, Melbourne 3000" stamped on the rear.tramways, trams, sturt st, trailers, horse tram, town hall, esco -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, Charing Cross, Bendigo, mid 1900's
Demonstrates aspects of the development of the Bendigo tramways by ESCo prior to undertaking the Ballarat system. Yields information about Charing Cross soon after the electric tramway was opened.Black and White postcard, early 1900's view of Charing Cross, Bendigo looking towards the north, Pall Mall. Has three tram cars in the view, the fountain, centre poles, horse drawn cabs and vehicles, a poppet head and building on the east side of the Pall Mall. Divided back postcard with areas for message, address, and the stamp. Has "67)" in the top left hand corner of the back of the card, a circled "13" crossed out, "early 1900's" in ink. In the top right hand corner "$8" in pencil. On the front of the card has "67)" in the top left hand corner in ink.trams, tramways, bendigo, pall mall, charing cross, tram 4 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, ESCo tram just past the intersection of Doveton St. and Sturt St, c1906
Demonstrates aspects of Ballarat tramway operation with horse tram trailers, Sturt St buildings, yields information about the appearance of Ballarat in colour.Colour postcard, presented within a wooden framed image of an ESCo tram just past the intersection of Doveton St. and Sturt St. travelling east along the north side of Sturt. Street towing a heavily laden horse tram as a trailer. Photo appears to be taken soon after opening of the electric trams, as the tram does not have any destination box above the driver. Possibly summer 1905/1906. Numerous people in the street, some horse drawn vehicles in the photograph. Shows buildings along the south side of Sturt St. and part of the verandah of the building at the NE corner of Doveton St. For a list and description of the same base image see Archives file - "Notes on ESCo Tram towing a heavily loaded trailer" On rear is "Made in Germany", areas for correspond, a Victoria one penny postage stamp, an din the bottom right hand corner, "09 3851" The card has been addressed to a Miss Seymour "Larramea", Mulwala NSW. Has a handwritten note to her sister (signed Flo?) about a trip arrangements to Melbourne and other details. Date 13 April, but year not apparent. Has been postmark, Melbourne (appears)In pencil along top edge "9269 V and $5"trams, tramways, sturt st, trailers, horse tram, town hall, esco -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Folder with papers, Goninan & Co, "Goninan Quality", Nov. 1995
Folder - presentation white card - with printed gold front with large round tab on the right hand side, with the words "Goninan Quality" on the cover. Inside are papers: 1. Welcoming the members of the Australian Electric Traction Association - AETA - for a tour of the Preston Light Rail Facility on Friday 10 November 1995, including a very prelim sketch of a Hong Kong light rail vehicle, newspaper cuttings about overseas contracts for the Hong Kong - Kowloon Canton Railway. Includes notes on Howard Smith Company, the owner of Goninan at the time. 2 - Copy of Goninan News - No. 78, July / August 1995 - all locomotives. 3 - Pamphlet on Goninan - activities, Victoria operations - Double Deck train for Melbourne, Sprinter Rail Cars, City Circle Trams and Driver Only trams. Gives contact details. 4 - Press Release - about Goninan & Co being successful for the building of up to 120 locos for the National Rail Corporation - dated Thursday 5/10/1995.trams, tramways, goninan & co., light rail, hong kong, preston workshops, aeta, tours -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, G. McEldowney, "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", Nov. 1985
Thirty Two page book, A4 landscape format, saddle stapled, titled "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association in 1985. Colour cover featuring drawings of Melbourne trams from cable trams to articulated electric trams. Has foreword by Tom Roper, Minister for Transport. Book published to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the first cable tram in Melbourne, 11/11/1885. Reviews the history of trams in Melbourne, cable trams, horse trams, Clapp, municipal tramways, electric trams, MMTB, buses, Preston Workshops, Wattle Park and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Notes the MTA winning the tender to building the Kowloon - Canton Light Rail system and Melbourne's Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System. Has colour photos and sepia toned (black and white) photos throughout. Second copy added 26-6-17 from donation of Neil Elfick.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mta, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, The Met, "The Met Student Training Card", Jan. 1994 to Feb. 1995
Set of 9 "The Met Student Training Cards" - comprising a brown envelope with student name and other details, containing a manila folded card containing a record or practical training - dates, routes, table, vehicle type, trained in, progress to date, comments and trainer name. Gives the name of the student and the trainer and type of training. All commenced their training at Hawthorn during Jan. 1994 to Feb. 1995. All from South Melbourne depot. .1 - Mohamed Farah - Conductor - trainer - Roberto D'Andrea .2 - Sameh Ghobrial - Conductor - trainers Margaret Drew and Zorzi .3 - S. Adikari Tram driver - trainer - T. Fenwick .4 - Jennifer Stebbing - conductor - trainer Monk .5 - Arsenio Granada - conductor - trainer McGill .6 - Ralph Bosworth - conductor - trainer Zorzi .7 - N. Pamulo - conductor - trainer Monk .8 - Marie Murage - tram driver - trainer - Phillips .9 - Pugh - tram driver - trainer - Robertsontrams, tramways, centenary, yarra trams, 100 years of electric trams, melbourne, depots, marketing -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Leader, “The trams that gave a better service”, 15/04/1981 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping titled: “The trams that gave a better service” The Leader, Wednesday, April 15, 1981 Photo and text Alf Twentyman, cable trams Expert on cable trams. Purchased 2 cable tram cars for 20 pounds each in 1940. Also bought one of the dummies that pulled the cars for 30 shillings. Vehicles renovated and stored in his backyard in Bastings St Northcote. Spends hours each day restoring trams to their 1890 condition. Life member of Tramway Museum Society. End of cable tram era began in 1925, when State Government ordered a start of conversion to electric trams. Conversion took 15 years. "...lost frequency of service with electric trams...cable trams would come every 2 minutes..."trams, tramways, cable trams, enthusiasts, restoration -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), "Met Lines", October 1985 - December 1985
Magazine, published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Victoria "Met Lines" (Metlines) - A4, printed on white gloss paper, with the MTA logo or symbol. Issued under the name of L. A. Strouse as Chairman. Continues from Reg Item 1058 "Met Lines" - printed in an A3 version, Now a monthly version printed in an A4 size. Major tram and bus items listed. Tramway and bus names only listed, not railway. .1 - Vol 1 No. 5 - August 1985 - 20 pages - announcement of trams for Hong Kong, Minister Tom Roper, tram posters, an article on the work of the TMSV with photos. Retired tramway employees association, Minister visiting Brunswick depot, Melbourne Brighton Bus Lines joins the Met - has photos of staff. .2 - Vol 1 No. 6 - September 1985 - 20 pages - tram emergency crew - derailment of 34 at Russell and Burke and Emergency crew at work and in front of truck, Joe Saccasan foreman at South Melbourne and artist, Doncaster Bus depot, The Met Transporter at the Royal Melbourne show. .3 - Vol 1 No. 7 - October 1985- 20 pages - front page Emery Worldwide courier Elizabeth Sciberra with driver John Edwards, competition to detail a photo of cable tram conductor with very large safety pins (for the bell punch tickets), Hong Kong Kowloon-Canton KCRC inspection tour of Preston Workshops, new tram track construction, Essendon depot Soccer Club premiers winners, Malvern Depot photos and story, Norm Cross and making of Malcolm, Conductor training at Hawthorn depot, photo of enthusiast Paul Jordan, Bus and Coach Society of Victoria article with photos of MMTB Double Decker 244 and a Thornycroft bus No. 14. Article on MMTB uniforms - cable trams, PMTT with photos. .4 - Vol 1 No. 8 - November 1985 - 20 pages - front page cable sketches of cable trams - Met Annual Report, Personnel management, 100 years of Melbourne's tram - many photographs, history timeline for trams, Marketing new posters (See Reg Item 585), tram tours, the Outer Circle Railway - bike path, Essendon depot to be redeveloped, lunch at Hawthorn Training School, tram wheel grinding - James Hajjar. .5 - Vol No. 9 - December 1985 - 20 pages - MTCO Conductor competition - Ray Marsh, Met Posters, Footscray Bus Depot, Scrubber trams, calendar, tram centenary celebrations a success, old Bourke St head office plaque unveiling by Tom Roper and Keith Kings of TMSV, Eric Hobday MMTB Relieving Depot Master remembers the cable trams last day, Alan Jennings retirement, lists personnel movements within The Met. For next year 1986 - see Reg Item 1086trams, tramways, mta, the met, cable trams, conductors, bell punch, hong kong, tram track, malcolm, training, hawthorn, bscv, buses, uniforms, pmtt, mmtb, annual reports, personnel, 100 years of electric trams, posters, outer circle railway, footscray depot, scrubber tram, tmsv, posters, melbourne brighton bus, brunswick depot, r10 vehicle, emergency, derailments, tram 8w, tram 11w, tram 34 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The News Adelaide, "Ways of Transport - City Tramways Indispensable - Favours Not Sought", 15/11/1926 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping - from The News Adelaide, 15 Nov. 1926 (checked by searching Trove), titled "Ways of Transport - City Tramways Indispensable - Favours Not Sought". Notes the remarks made by Mr. W Riddell, Chairman of the MMBW who said electric tramways were obsolete. Quotes response by Mr. W Goodman who gives information on London congestion, journals issues with buses and motor vehicles. Item was pinned to Reg Item 3876.Has ink on top "The News"trams, tramways, tramways, electric traction, adelaide, mmbw, traffic control, london -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Chandeliers and Billy Tea: : a catalogue of Australian life 1880-1940, Peter Cuffley
Manufactured goods available in Australia over the period 1880 to 1940 underwent massive change. Australia moved from long skirts to shorter styles, from kerosene lamps to electric lights, from horse drawn vehicles to cars and aeroplanes. This collection reflects these changes in many aspects of people's life styles.This book documents the development of manufactured goods available in Australia over the period 1880 to 1940. This was the period between the end of the gold rushes and the Second World War. It consists of 224 pages including explanatory text, illustrations and a bibliography.Manufactured goods available in Australia over the period 1880 to 1940 underwent massive change. Australia moved from long skirts to shorter styles, from kerosene lamps to electric lights, from horse drawn vehicles to cars and aeroplanes. This collection reflects these changes in many aspects of people's life styles.manufactured goods australia 1880 - 1940, social life and customs, australian shopping directories -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Manual, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Instructions, Issue 2, Sep '71: Vehicle G 560, Truck Cargo: F1 6x6 International, 1971
Manual is being held in a blue foolscap size folder. On the front of the cover reads P 1766. Electricial & Mechanical Engineering Instructions, June 2 Sept 71truck cargo - manuals, international truck cargo f1 -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1928c
Also postcard size black and white same scene but larger view with two vehicles, with inscription-General view Lakes camping park showing homestead.|Larger copy has the inscription Beautiful view of park from Whiters Lookout Tower.Black and white photograph of Whiters Park, showing residence and office, gardens, tennis court, early model car by the petrol bowser, electric lights on tall poles. Opposite park entry is Aults Motor Engineer, scattered cottages. In distance is Cunninghame Arm, sand hummocks and ocean. Lakes Entrance Victoriaresort, township, transport, recreation -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Radio Transcript, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Draft Wireless Report 28th May 1926", May. 1926
Radio transcript - 11 foolscap sheets, typed, titled "Draft Wireless Report 28th May 1926" of a talk possibly by the Manager Mr. Murdoch as it mentions the Assistant Manager Mr. Young. Document is a draft with pencil alterations and figures or numbers outstanding, some have been written in. Provides notes on running control, tickets, employment, training of both cable and electric drivers, driver training, Hawthorn school, braking, conversion from cable to electric driving, conductor training, monitoring of the services, rosters preparation, fare collection, speed of services, tram stops, passenger behaviour, issues with motor vehicles, collisions, accidents, safety and costs of extensions.In blue pencil in top right hand corner appears to be "Assist Mgr"trams, tramways, traffic staff, operations, training, radio stations, drivers, conductors, rosters, tickets, behaviour, accidents, safety -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Chains - Large vehicles
Chains were used to prevent vehicles from slipping on the terrain. They were fitted onto the driving wheels for extra grip.Used on large vehicles during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme when the terrain was slippery eg. mud, snowIron chains connected to form rectangles with extended links at each end with clips. Used to fit on the driving wheels of large vehicles eg. bus, tractor, snow vehicle.heavy vehicles, construction vehicles, snow chains -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: KYNETON BRANCH FACTORY AUCTION CATALOGUE
Two J. H. Curnow & Son Auction catalogues for a sale by auction of Machinery - Plant and Rolling Stock by order of Newstead Co-Operative Butter & Cheese Factory Company Limited. Conditions of Sale and J. H. Curnow & Son, Auctioneers is printed inside the front cover. The sixty one items include belting, scales, electric motor, shafting, pumps, tanks, vats, boiler, piping and vehicles.business, retail, j h curnow & son, ian dyett collection - kyneton branch factory auction catalogue 1/5/1946, newstead co-operative butter & cheese factory company limited, j h curnow & son, the prahran telegraph printing co -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - AMPHITHEATRE DREDGE
Auction catalogue with a cream cover and dark red printing for an auction held at the Amphitheatre Dredge, Amphitheatre on 5th and 6th February, 1958 of electrically Operated Steel Bucket Dredge. Lots include Houses and Buildings for Removal, Motor Vehicles, Tractors, Earth Moving Plant, Electric Motors, Pumps, Winches, Valuable Tools, Stores, Piping and Accessories by order of the Central Victoria Dredging Co. N. L. Contains descriptions of sale items and a number of prices have been written in. J. H. Curnow & Son were the Auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - amphitheatre dredge, central victoria dredginh co n l, j h curnow & son pty ltd, prahran telegraph printing co pty ltd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - CHARING CROSS, VALENTINE POSTCARD, ~1910
B+W photo of Charing cross from a 'Valentine' postcard photograph c1910 (details J. Lerk) streetscape from elevated position looking from Charing Cross down Pall Mall towards White Hills. Depicts: Alexandra fountain; electric tram; horse drawn wagon, dray, vehicles; Hustlers Royal reserve No2 mine, poppet heads, chimney; post office; tram power poles; buildings fronting Pall Mall; Pedestrians; trees; Queen Victoria statue; Colonial bank. Inscription: Lower right '53464 JV'.place, bendigo, view over alexandra fountain -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Illustration, WTP, "Sturt Street, Ballarat", c1905
The photo appears to be taken soon after the opening of the electric trams, as the tramway is well paved compared to the rest of the street which shows vehicle tracks etc. For similar images see Reg. items 834, 838, 2151 and 2659. Shows buildings along the north side of Sturt St. and the building at the SE corner of Doveton St. ESCo tram has a destination board on the front dash of the tram. The photo appears to be taken just before the one used in item 2659 given the shadow of the pole in front of the tram. Photo by WTP & Co.Yields information about Sturt St soon after the opening of the Ballarat Electric tramwayPrinted photograph on a sheet of plain paper.tramways, trams, doveton st, sturt st