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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, Richard Gilbert, c August 1971
Yields information about the use of the Carlton St crossing loop prior to the closure of the tramway. Series of 2 Black and white photographs of trams using the Carlton St, Wendouree Parade crossing loop. .1 - tram 11 (with a Twin Lakes sign, Mt Pleasant) crossing tram 21 (Gardens via Sturt St West) and another single trucker. Has the signal and the Olympics Monument in the background. .2 - tram 27 and a bogie tram crossing. Tram 27 has the destination of Victoria St and a Twin Lakes sign. trams, tramways, carlton st, wendouree parade, tram 27, tram 11, tram 21 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 5 - tram operations on the Victoria St, Richard Gilbert, c August 1971
Yields information about the appearance of the Victoria St line shortly before the closure of the Victoria St line. Series of 5 Black and white photographs of tram operations on the Victoria St line prior to its closure in August 1971. .1 - View of the Victoria St terminus as you arrive in Ballarat from Melbourne, with the divided highway and a tram warning sign. Has a tram at the terminus. .2 - Tram 39, running a special tour with St Alipius church in the background. A new bus stop sing has been positioned. Another tram has departed the King St loop. .3 - No. 13, (Gardens via Sturt St West and a Twin Lakes sign) entering the King St loop. .4 - No. 31 (to Gardens crossing No. 39) at the King St loop. .5 - No. 31 leaving Stones Corner for Victoria St with Stones Corner building in the background along with the Caltex service station and Viscount Ambassador caravans.trams, tramways, victoria st, king st, stones corner, tram 39, tram 13, tram 31 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, Richard Gilbert, c August 1971
... Corner Sturt St Drummond St Nth Victoria St tram 13 tram 14 ...Yields information about tramway operations at Hospital corner. Series of 2 Black and white photographs of trams using the Hospital corner curves. .1 - tram 13 inbound to Victoria St, with the J A Malpass, Rimmington Bros and the Southern Cross Hotel in background. .2 - tram 14 showing Depot via Drummond North crossing the trackwork at Hospital corner.. trams, tramways, hospital corner, sturt st, drummond st nth, victoria st, tram 13, tram 14 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, Richard Gilbert, c August 1971
... tramway operations in Sturt St west. Trams tramways Sturt St West ...Yields information about tramway operations in Sturt St west. Series of 2 Black and white photographs of trams using the Hospital corner curves. .1 - No. 12 east bound in Sturt St West with the destination of Mt Pleasant. Has a Twin Lakes sign. Near the intersection with Russell or Morrison Streets at the Victoria Park loop. .2 - West bound (NO. 11?) about to enter the Victoria Park Loop trams, tramways, sturt st west, russell st, victoria park, tram 12, tram 11? -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, late 1930's
Yields information about Ballarat 's tram operations and the King St loop in Victoria St.Negative and Digital image of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No. 28 inbound to the city entering the King St Loop with the St Alipius church in the background. There a two bicycles and one motor car in the far distance. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. trams, tramways, victoria st, king st, tram 28 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, John Ward, 19/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the Dawson St crossover in Sturt St at the time of the tramway closure.Digital image of No. 17 using the Dawson St Cross over Sturt St, with St Patricks Cathedral in the background. Tram has destination of Victoria St with a Twin Lakes and SEC Roof advert. Photo by John Ward 19 August 1971. Slide title "01271 190871 SEC single truck tram 17 on crossover in Sturt St at Dawson St Ballarat Vic"trams, tramways, sturt st, dawson st, st patricks, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, John Ward, 21/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the Victoria St appearance and a major hail storm in Sturt St at the time of the tramway closure.Digital image of No. 21, outbound in Victoria St to Victoria St. On either side of the road is the remains of a major hail storm that struck Ballarat the previous day. Tram has destination of Victoria St. Photo by John Ward 21 August 1971. Slide title "01311 210871 SEC single truck tram 21 on Victoria St line in suburban Ballarat Vic"trams, tramways, victoria st, tram 21 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, John Ward, 27/02/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the use of Wendouree Parade and the milk cart that use to run during the day at the time.Digital image of tram 13 in Wendouree Parade, with a horse drawn milk cart alongside. No. 39 is in the far distance. The tram has the destination of Victoria St and an ANA mutual benefit society roof advert. Photo by John Ward 27 Feb. 1971. Slide title "04410 270269 6926-D SECV Single truck trams 26 & 20 at night time on layover in Sturt St Ballarat Vic"trams, tramways, wendouree parade, horse drawn vehicle, milk cart, victoria st, tram 13, tram 39 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, 16/12/1945 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the use of the bogie cars when first introduced to Ballarat.Negative and Digital image of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of a new bogie tram at the City stop in Sturt and Lydiard Sts, with the destination of Victoria St. The Town Hall is in the background. Most likely No. 22, based on Reg Item 5273 - 16/12/1945trams, tramways, city loop, sturt st, tram 22 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, mid to late 1940's
... Negative file of No. 34 westbound in Sturt St west, with Victoria... to Ballarat and Victoria Park. Trams tramways Sturt St West Victoria ...Yields information about the appearance of the ex Melbourne bogie trams, soon after they came to Ballarat and Victoria Park.Negative and Digital image of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No. 34 westbound in Sturt St west, with Victoria Park in the background. Has a lady passenger walking to board the tram. Photo mid to late 1940's.trams, tramways, sturt st west, victoria park, tram 34 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
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 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Rudd, c1890
Black and white print from the State Library of Victoria, June 1999 of a horse tram crossing the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Street Ballarat c1890. Tram is travelling east to Grenville St. on the south side of Sturt St. (wrong side these days). Has the Ballarat Post Office building in the background with buildings on the north east side of Sturt St. as well. Has a number of horse drawn cabs in photo and women in white clothing holding umbrellas over their head indicating a hot day. In the right hand side of the photo is the statue of poet Robert Burns. Has number "530" in the bottom left hand corner of photograph. State Library Multimedia Source Catalogue gives the photographer as Charles Rudd, 1849 to 1901, date of photo 1889-1891. Copy made Oct. 2001 for the "gold, Gold GOLD" temporary exhibition - colour laser print onto card, with Velcro dots on rear. Stored in box D1 (Display Box) 02/2003. State Library Permission required to reproduce the photo.On rear in pencil in bottom left hand corner "Copy of H39358/10" and in centre along bottom edge "Reproduction Rights Reserved - Copied by State Library of Victoria".trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, horse trams, post office, two way traffic -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, John Henry Harvey, c1890
Black and white print from the State Library of Victoria, of a horse tram (possibly No. 10), turning left from Sturt St. into Armstrong St. enroute for Skipton St. Has City of Ballaarat Town Hall in the background with two other horse drawn cabs in the view. Has the statue of ???? on the left hand side of the photograph. State Library Multimedia Source Catalogue gives the photographer as John Henry Harvey and date of print as 1875c. Actual date is post 1888. State Library Permission required to reproduce the photo.On rear in pencil in bottom left hand corner "Copy of H92 150/408" and in centre along bottom edge "Reproduction Rights Reserved - Copied by State Library of Victoria".trams, tramways, sturt st, armstrong st, horse trams, ballarat town hall, tram 10 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Horse Tram Sturt St, c1890
... of Victoria. Horse Tram Sturt St Photograph Black & White Photograph/s ...Photograph of a horse tram (possibly No. 7), with a Havelock Tobacco advertisement, travelling westbound in Sturt St. on the north side with the City of Ballaarat Town Hall (clock showing 905). Traffic in Sturt St was two-way on either side of the median strip which at the time did not extend fully between Lydiard St and Armstrong St. The photograph includes the gas street lamp in the middle of the Sturt and Lydiard Streets intersection and a telephone/telegraph pole on the right side. Several horse-drawn cabs in the photograph, along with some men. In the background are shops for Cameo Cigarettes, Tea Merchants, C Ekans? Chemist, J T Marsh Hatter, the Town Hall and Snows department store promoting a clearing sale. The photo has been taken from the Post Office Steps, c1890. State Library Multimedia Source Catalogue does not give the name of the photographer and the date of the photo. Acknowledgement of the source of the photograph is required.Yields information about Sturt St and horse trams c1890 and the use of the street in the early morning.Black and white print from the State Library of Victoria.On rear in pencil in bottom left hand corner "Copy of H92 320/106" and in centre along bottom edge "Reproduction Rights Reserved - Copied by State Library of Victoria".trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st. north, horse trams, ballarat town hall, two way traffic, tram 7 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 7, Noel Simons, 22/11/1962 12:00:00 AM
Set of 7 Kodachrome transparencies taken on 22/11/1962. 1161.1 - trams 38 and 20 in Sturt St. West at the Russell St. loop. No. 20 has possibly terminated and is showing "CITY" while 38 is showing "Mt Pleasant" Both trams fitted with dash canopy lighting, but no large white stripe. 20 has a Twin Lakes sign. 1161.2 - tram 33 just before Gardens Loop in Wendouree Parade, with destination of "Victoria St." Has a Twin Lakes sign. 1161.3 - tram 39 at corner of Lydiard St. North and Sturt St. with Post Office in background. 1161.4 - tram 40 turning from Sturt St into Lydiard St. North with Post Office in background and showing destination of Lydiard St. North. A blue Holden with red stripes for the Radio Cabs co. is in the foreground, along with pedestrians. 1161.5 - tram 41 in Sturt St. at the City terminus, showing destination of Mt Pleasant with Post Office and ANZ Bank buildings in background. Numerous people waiting on the seats at the tram stop. 1161.6 - tram 13 in Sturt St. near Doveton St. showing destination of Bell St. Many cars and pedestrians on the south side of Sturt St. Note the Austin motor car by the tram showing a stop signal. Tram 13 has a Twin Lakes sign. 1161.7 - trams 13, 26, and 39 in the City Loop near Bridge St. Has Morseheads and Grenville St. tram shelter in the background.1161.1 - "38 and 20 crossing in Sturt St. Ballarat near Russell Street" - in blue and black ink. The "Russell St" is a later addition, over white out. 1161.2 - "33 near Botanic Gardens terminus, Wendouree Parade, Ballarat" 1161.3 - "No. 39 in Lydiard St. Ballarat at Cnr. of Sturt St." 1161.4 - "No. 40 entering Lydiard St. from Sturt St. Ballarat" 1161.5 - "No. 41 in Sturt St. Ballarat at cnr of Lydiard St." 1161.6 - "No. 13 in Sturt St. Ballarat, at Cnr. of Doveton St." 1161.7 - "Nos. 13, 26, and 39 in Sturt St. Ballarat near Bridge St." All have date stamp of "22 Nov. 1962" in purple ink. All black ink unless otherwise noted.tramways, trams, ballarat, sturt st. west, wendouree parade, lydiard st., city loop, taxis, radio cabs, tram 13, tram 20, tram 26, tram 33, tram 38, tram 39, tram 40, tram 41 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 14, Noel Simons, 23/11/1962 12:00:00 AM
Set of 14 Kodachrome transparencies taken on 23/11/1962. 1162.1 - tram 38 turning into Lydiard St. North from Sturt St. with tram 20 in background. Many motor vehicles in photo. 1162.2 - as above, but a minute of so later. Has Mutual Life building in background as well as Town Hall. 1162.3 - No. 40 entering Albert St. from Skipton St. outbound to Sebastopol. 1162.4 - No. 40 near start of side of the road running in Albert St. heading to Sebastopol. 1162.5 - No. 40 at the City terminus, on the South side of Sturt St. Has Town Hall and other buildings along the south side of Sturt St. in the background. 1162.6 - No. 40 at Sebastopol terminus - shows arrangement of the signs at the terminus. 1162.7 - No. 40 and No. 38 crossing at loop between Sayle and Grey St. No. 40 inbound. 1162.8 - No. 40 turning from Drummond St. South to Sturt St. at Hospital Corner with Southern Cross Hotel in background. 1162.9 - No. 18 in Wendouree Parade near Forest St. heading east with destination of "Victoria St." 1162.10 - Nos 41 and 39 at Depot Junction. Both trams have SEC ads. 1162.11 - No. 39 turning into the depot from Wendouree Parade - showing destination of "Gardens via Drummond Nth" 1162.12- No. 17 at Lydiard St. North terminus, showing destination of "Grey St. Sebas". Has a Twin Lakes sign 1162.13 - ditto, but with trolley pole turned around. Has SEC Briquettes roof ad and Whitehorse whiskey ad on rear dash panel. 1162.14 - No. 40 outbound to Sebastopol crossing Albert St. 1162.1 -"Nos. 38 and 20 in Sturt St. Ballarat at corner of Lydiard St." 1162.2 - "No. 38 turns into Lydiard St. as No. 20 waits at stop in Sturt St. Ballarat" 1162.3 - "No. 40 entering Albert St. from Skipton St. Redan on Sebastopol route." 1162.4 - "No 40 at beginning of reserved track on Sebastopol route, Albert St. Redan." 1162.5 - "No. 40 in Sturt St. Ballarat near cnr. of Armstrong St." 1162.6 - "No. 40 at Sebastopol terminus" 1162.7 - "No. 38 and 40 crossing at Sayle St. Loop on Albert St. reserved track, Sebastopol route" 1162.8 - "No. 40 turning into Sturt St. from Drummond St." 1162.9 - "No. 18 in Wendouree Pde. Ballarat near tramway depot" 1162.10 - "No. 41 and 39 outside Ballarat tramway depot, Lake Wendouree in background" 1162.11 - "No. 39 entering tramway depot from Wendouree Parade, Ballarat" 1162.12 - "No 17 at Lydiard St. North terminus, Ballarat North" 1162.13 - "No 17 at Lydiard St. North terminus, Ballarat North" 1162.14 - "No. 40 crossing Albert St. Sebastopol as reserved track switches from left to right of road" All have date stamp of "23 Nov. 1962" in purple ink. All black ink unless otherwise noted.tramways, trams, ballarat, albert st., sturt st., sebastopol, grey st., hospital corner, wendouree parade, depot junction, lydiard st. north, tram 17, tram 18, tram 20, tram 38, tram 39, tram 40, tram 41 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 13, Noel Simons, 28/04/1971 12:00:00 AM
Set of 13 transparencies taken on 28/4/1971 on PAKON mounts. 1168.1 - No. 21 at City terminus - taken from North side of street. Has Boer War statue on right side and National Mutual building in the background. 1168.2 - No. 34 with destination "Sebastopol" in Sturt St., outside Town Hall, with National Mutual building in background. 1168.3 - No. 18 at corner of Sturt and Lydiard Sts with National Mutual building and Craigs Hotel in background. 1168.4 - 18 at intersection of Sturt and Dawson St. 1168.5 - No. 30 at intersection of Armstrong St and Sturt St. with Fletcher Jones building in background. 1168.6 - No. 14 at City Terminus, showing destination of "Victoria St." with Town Hall in the background. 1168.7 - No. 11 bound for Mt Pleasant, opposite Titanic Bandstand in Sturt St. Has a Twin Lakes advertisement on the front dash panel and an unknown roof advertisement. 1168.8 - No. 21 at bottom of Sturt St. approaching the Grenville St. junction, with Dickins Food Store and the Spot Cafe in the background. Tram has destination of "Victoria St". and a roof advertisement for a cigarette? company. 1168.9 - No. 26 and three other trams in City Loop, looking west along Sturt St., just after a heavy hail storm. 1168.10 - No. 21 at the intersection of Sturt St and Dawson St. with Golden City Hotel and the Ritzy Cafe in the background. Can see the Dawson St. crossover track, just after a heavy hail storm. 1168.11 - No. 21 and three other trams at City Loop looking east along the south side of Sturt St. See also image 1168i1a - cleaned up and edited by Peter Waugh April 2024 - used in the April 2024 issue of Fares Please. 1168.12 - No. 14 entering the South side of Sturt St. from Bridge St. with Dickins Store in the background and the Grenville St. shelter alongside the tram. 1168.13 - No. 37 at Sturt and Dawson St., eastbound, showing "Lydiard St. Nth" Has SEC roof advertisement on the side of the tram.1168.1 -"Sturt & Lydiard Sts" 1168.2 - "Town Hall" 1168.3 - "Sturt St & Dawson Sts" 1168.4 - "Sturt and Lydiard Sts" 1168.5 - "Sturt St." 1168.6 - "Sturt and Lydiard Sts" 1168.7 - "Sturt St." 1168.8 - "Bridge St." 1168.9 - "City Loop" 1168.10 -"Dawson & Sturt Sts." 1168.11 - "City Loop" 1168.12 - "Bridge St." All have date stamp of "28 Apr 1971" in purple ink on base. All blue ink unless otherwise noted.tramways, trams, town hall, sturt st., dawson st, armstrong st., grenville st, bridge st., titanic bandstand, tram 11, tram 14, tram 18, tram 21, tram 26, tram 30, tram 34, tram 37 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, David Endacott, 1971
Colour print of Ballarat No. 11 outside the Ballarat Town Hall during Winter 1971. Tram showing destination of "Victoria St." in the rear destination box. Has an SEC Briquettes roof advertisement and Twin Lakes dash advertisement. Photo taken from behind the tram. Also Myer building in the background. On Kodak paper. Original film image scanned at 3200dpi 12/5/2020.On rear in blue ink "Sturt St." and in top left hand corner "1971". A previous note has been partially rubbed out.ballarat, town hall, myer, victoria st, tram 11 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s - set of 25, Austin Brehaut, 7/04/2000 12:00:00 AM
... . Victoria St. Sturt St. West See Above Set of 25 colour photographs ...Yields information about various locations in Ballarat in March 2000 for comparison with previous photographs.Set of 25 colour photographs taken by Austin Brehaut on 7 April 2000 showing various locations that Ballarat trams once ran in, for use in a BTM presentation, named "Ballarat Past and Present" at the COTMA 2000 Ballarat Conference. All on Fujicolour Crystal Archive Paper. On rear in blue ink is the date, location and where relevant a reference number to photo locations that the author of the presentation had requested. Letter from Austin, filed with the worksheet for Reg. Item 1772. 1773.1 - Base Hospital, Cnr Drummond St. North and Mair St. .2 - Hospital Corner - Base Hospital Along Drummond St. North .3 - St John of God Hospital, cnr Mair and Drummond St. Nth. .4 - Hospital Corner, looking South East from Base Hospital .5 - Gardens at Loop (Wendouree Parade) .6 - Gardens Loop and Shelter .7 - Shelter at Gardens Loop .8 - Bridge Mall looking west .9 - Lower Victoria St. along Bridge St .10 - Railway crossing, Ballarat Station, with gates open .11 - Victoria St. hill facing west .12 - Railway crossing, Lydiard St. North .13 - Railway crossing, Ballarat Station, with gates closed .14 - Lydiard St. North terminus from cemetery .15 - Lydiard St. North at Macarthur St. .16 - Lydiard St. North at Sturt St facing South East - Post Office on left .17 - Looking north along Lydiard St at Sturt St .18 - Sturt and Lydiard Sts corner from Post Office .19 - Centre plantation Sturt St. looking east .20 - Sturt St. West near Ballarat and Clarendon College .21 - Sturt St. West facing west at Russell St. .22 - Victoria St. terminus .23 - Victoria St. terminus .24 - St Alipius Church, Victoria St. .25 - Junction of tramline and Phoenix foundry railway in Sturt St. at Armstrong St. (transferred from roadway) See Reg item 4645 and 4646 for the 2010 comparisons.See Aboveballarat, hospital corner, gardens loop, railway crossing, lydiard st. north, sturt st, phoenix foundry, armstrong st., victoria st., sturt st. west -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), "Running Journal Vol 9, No. 1, Feb. 1972", Feb. 1972
Demonstrates aspects of publication of material in an enthusiast based magazine for a Melbourne based organisation, with a detailed article on the overhaul of trams at Preston workshops for Melbourne.Feb. 1972 issue of "Running Journal", consisting of formally printed cover on glossy paper which has been folded, containing seven wax stencil cut, duplicated sheets, pages 3 to 16. Published by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria. Sheets have been stapled into the folded covers. See condition notes also. Cover has W2 277 undergoing a "O2" overhaul at Preston workshops Page 2 - photos of 928, 733 and 921 undergoing various overhaul stages Pages 3 to 9 - article by Norm Cross on MMTB tramcar overhauls at Preston Workshops Page 9 - News from Ballarat (BTPS - foundations for new shed) Page 10 - 11 - Tramway Quiz Page 12 - 14 - TMSV Museum news (muses) Page 15 - Answers to quiz Page 16 - Back issues of Running Journal Page 17 - Photos of 980 and Museum activities Page 18 (back cover) - 18 in Sturt St., July 1970, Ballarat 18 - in Vickers St. Sebastopol shed, trams 31, 30 and 32 stored at the SEC Ballarat North Power station grounds awaiting transport, in October 1971 and MMTB 469 arriving as the last Footscray tram. Loose sheet - duplicated, advertising, Last Mail Covers - Bendigo Tramways, prior to closure on 16/4/1972. Second copy ex ARHS 9/2003 added 21/09/2006. 3rd copy added 28/10/2007, ex Graeme Breydon Collection.Has Graeme Breydon address stamp on front cover.trams, tramways, tmsv, running journal, ballarat, overhauls, preston, mmtb -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 3/03/1968 12:00:00 AM
Black and White photograph contained with Reg. Item 1902 - Photo Album from Keith Kings to Les Denmead 1970. Photograph of SEC Ballarat tram 40 at corner of Sturt St and Lydiard St. North, City. Tram showing destination "Victoria St". Has Eureka Roofing Tiles and 'Everything's under control in my electric kitchen" roof advertising boards. Photo taken 3/3/68 Keith Kings No. 28-31 Scanning: i - image file, p - presentation file, b - back of photograph.Stamp in top left hand corner and handwritten number with "K.S. Kings No.28-31 Copyright reserved". Had crossed out number J(u)(12) In blue ink "Ballarat / No. 40 / Sturt St at Lydiard St. North, City / 3/3/68"trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st, city, tram 40 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, Ballarat Visitor Information Centre, "Back to Ballarat: Calendar of Reunions - a celebration of Ballarat's History and Cultural Identity, mid 1997
Fold out pamphlet with 6 panel, printed in colour on gloss paper, containing calendar for reunions Dec. 1997 to Dec. 1998, details for reunions and special events. Included as a features and photographs of yesteryear. 1. Frontispiece - 'Linton Express' stage coach 2. Back panel, photo of tram in S.E.Dickins store and horse cab in front of Town Hall 3. Small photo of ESCo tram at Lydiard St. and Sturt St. Corner 4. ? - Picor and Widmer moving stock across Bridge St. blocking tram to Victoria St. ca 1960. One Panel is Ballaarat song - taken from Ballaarat's Historic Committee - home to Ballarat Souvenir Program 1927, authors Reginald Stoneham & Will A. Bevan. These words along with associated tune is often sung to this day at gatherings of locals etc. Sponsors of pamphlet were 3BA, WIN TV, and The Courier. List of patrons on one panel. Also contains a sheet of paper with updates as of 23/4/1998 of reunions. Second copy added 31/10/12 - and imaged. See Reg Item 5468 for a postcard.trams, tramways, ballarat song, reunions, ballarat trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Nu-color-vue or Nucolorvue Productions, Sturt St at night, late 1960's or early 1970's
... is the card details etc. "Ballarat, Victoria, Sturt St, Ballarat... about Sturt St at night. Trams tramways Ballarat Town Hall Sturt ...Demonstrates post card making by a major postcard manufacture, late 1960's and yields information about Sturt St at night.Colour postcard with serrated edges of a Ballarat bogie tram at dusk in Sturt St, parked in City Loop. with Town Hall in background. Tram has destination of "CITY". Photo includes illuminated Paterson, T&G, Myer and the Vegas theatre signs. Has many parked cars in Sturt St, with red lines from the tail lights of vehicles moving on image. On rear , printed in dark green ink is the card details etc. "Ballarat, Victoria, Sturt St, Ballarat at dusk looking to the Town Hall." Nucolorvue card, BT 69. 2nd copy - in good order. See also Reg. Item 1176 for colour slide of this view. 960 copy 1 - made by enlarging postcard to an A4 print by colour photocopying and laminated for display purposes. Made July 2000 for the Trams at Night exhibition in the depot. Made by W.Doubleday. Has four Velcro dots on rear. Overall size 208H x 296W. Stored in same box at rear of large photos area in an A4 plastic folder. trams, tramways, ballarat, town hall, sturt st., tram 8 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Buses Take Over", 24/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping pasted onto a single sheet of paper with two Punch holes on the left hand side with one hole through the photograph within the cutting. Clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 24/8/1971, with a photo of two Davis Bus Line buses travelling in Sturt and Drummond St., with a bus stop sign in the foreground and white marks around former tram stop signs on poles. Caption notes the buses replaced trams servicing Victoria St and the Gardens via Drummond St. North and that other services will be replaced over the next four weeks.In red ink in upper central right hand corner, "24/8/71" On sheet of paper, various ink marks and 1963/4 dates. Possibly paper used by Donor at his job with the former machinery makers, Ronaldson and Tippet.trams, tramways, closure, bus changeover, drummond st., sturt st. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Society formed to Preserve Trams", "Three stage plan for phasing out of trams", 14/07/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the formation of the BTPS in 1971 and some of the people who attended meetings etc. and about the closure of the Ballarat tramway system.Two Newspaper clippings pasted onto a single sheet of paper with two Punch holes on the left hand side. First clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, Monday, 31/5/1971, titled "Society formed to Preserve Trams" (newspaper date, with page 2), about the formation the previous day of the BTPS at a meeting of the Lake Wendouree Tramway Museum Committee with a membership of 55 people to retain a tourist tram system for Ballarat. Gives names of the elected office bearer, details of proposals, some costs, alternative sites and that a tram was chartered before the meeting. 1071.1 - photocopy of the article added 24/1/2008. Has the names of those elected highlighted in pink ink. Second cutting dated "14/7/71" from the Courier titled "Three stage plan for phasing out of trams" of the three stage plan for phasing out of the trams in Ballarat. The plan was announced by Transport Regulation Board the previous day. August 23 - Drummond St North and Victoria St., Sept. 6 for Gardens via Sturt St and Mt Pleasant and Sept 20 for Lydiard St. North and Sebastopol. 1071.2 - as above, original clipping, donated by Dave Macartney, added 10/9/2013In red ink in upper right hand corner of second cutting, "14/7/71" Has numerous pencil and pen marking from previous use, possibly at Ronaldson and Tippet where the donor worked.trams, tramways, closure, bus changeover, transport regulation board, tram services, btps -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Nu-color-vue or Nucolorvue Productions, Ballarat tram No. 11 at dusk
Colour postcard with serrated edges of Ballarat tram No. 11 at dusk in Sturt St, just west of Lydiard St. with Town Hall in background. Tram has destination of "GARDENS via Drummond Nth", with a "TWIN LAKES" sign on rear driver's apron of tram. On pole in front of tram is tram stop sign and a section sign. Pole painted with tram stop sign as well. On rear , printed in dark green ink is the card details etc. "Ballarat, Victoria, Looking to the City Hall, Sturt Street at sunset." Nucolorvue car, BT 65. \ trams, tramways, ballarat, town hall, sturt st, tram 834 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, Peter Bruce, 1971
Yields information about the Hospital corner view with a tram turning into Sturt St. on a bleak day,Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 35 turning from Drummond Street into Sturt St. at Hospital Corner. Tram has destination of Victoria St . Ballarat Base hospital buildings in background. Photo includes details of the trackwork and road condition at this location. Colour photocopy, laminated, of this photograph on display 4/2000 at 02-02-06 Digital Image of this photo added 7/2010 - see image i2. More detail in the digital image photograph. Peter Bruce Title: "35 Hospital Corner"trams, tramways, ballarat, hospital, sturt and drummond sts. , tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, "Ballarat Illustrated", 1972
Original c 1914 (see below), facsimile copy - re-published 1972. Original features photos of Ballarat City and Town, its buildings, parks and the various industries and organisations that were in Ballarat at the time of publication, including ESCo. Many photos features ESCo trams. Photos sepia toned. Has some red colour block printing on the front cover and rear, for Star Oil Engines. On inside back cover is a map with the places of interest and tram route map, marked in red. Pages are un-numbered. Original published by Ballarat East Town Council and Ballaarat City Council. On cover has number stamped in black in, "No. 87" (assume facsimile copy No.). Photos with publication show tram No. 21, built 1913 and ESCo photo page shows Mr. Pringle as Manager. Mr Pringle became manager in January 1911, As there is no photos of the "Avenue of Honour", or other mention of the first world war, assume original published about 1913 or 1914. Original shows Engravings and printing by "Campbell Wilson Prop Ltd, Ballarat". See Other Information as well for more listing details. High Resolution image added 31/8/2012 of i2 of ESCo page and i3 for Ballarat identies and sheet i4 extracted for Mr Pringle. PDF scan of full document added 21/5/2019 - see images btm633-1i.pdf and btm633-2i.pdf Notes on "Ballarat Illustrated" Reg. Item No. 733 From notes made by Neville Gower 12/1/1997 Cover: Inside front cover: Last paragraph, "Facilities for Travelling" - Electric trams serve all parts of Ballarat. Page 3: Street Scene, Municipal Town Hall, showing tram wiring Page 7: Street Scene, Lydiard St. North, intersection and tramway centre, with ESCo tram No. 21 in the bottom photo. Other photos features trams as well in Sturt St and Lydiard St. North. Page 9: Street Scene, Top photo of Sturt St. from Lydiard St. looking east, shows piles on right-hand side of road. Car parked by Post Office has a car registration number "9007". Bottom photo, an tram climbing hill, shows double trolley in the street, with early English type of pull offs. Page 13: Street Scenes and Historic Buildings: One of five photos, shows Victoria St. looking East, with tram track prominent in photo and how stone work was set up about the rails and overhead poles. Page 23: Street scene, Gardens North Entrance gates, shows details of gates near St. Aidans Drive. Note double trolley wire on poles, and style of insulators. No trams in photo, three ladies walking down the track. Page 37: Street Scene; Lydiard St views, top left hand photo, shows Railway station and railway gates with signal gantry and horse drawn vehicles. Tram tracks apparent. Bottom left hand photo shows Lydiard St. North, near Post Office, double track with centre poles - Single wire per track. Top right hand photo, showing Cemetery gates in background. Bottom right hand photo - from north end of Lydiard St. South, looking north, with an ESCo tram in background. Also has a parked car on left hand side. Page 45: Street Scenes - Bridge St; top photo at west end of Bridge St. with ESCo No. 11 with possibly double trolley wire in photo. Bottom photo at east end of Bridge St. with tram in background, shows junction. Double trolley heading out to Mt. Pleasant, single trolley for Victoria St. Page 45: Street Scenes - Bridge St; top photo at west end of Bridge St. with ESCo No. 11 with possibly double trolley wire in photo. Bottom photo at east end of Bridge St. with tram in background, shows junction. Double trolley heading out to Mt. Pleasant, single trolley for Victoria St. Page 61: Street Scenes and Historic Buildings - Public Institutions Ballarat - top left hand photo of the Hospital shows some tram track in foreground, with double trolley wire. Top right photo is of the Orphanage, the name of the tram terminus for many years. Page 68: Electric Supply Co. of Victoria's pages - top photo showing powerhouse in background, across the lake, can hardly see anything for the trees, except for the chimney. Bottom photos of the steam Turbo Generators and the switchboard. Gives Mr. P.J. Pringle as Chief Engineer and General Manager. He took over in Jan. 1911. Page 69: Ballarat East Views - features photo of Black Hill open cut, Ballarat East Railway Station, Ballarat Fire Station and "Victoria St. looking East", repeat of photo printed on page 12, but slightly darker. Image on system includes fire station and railway station, - Ballarat East. Page 78: Series of photos of various Ballarat VIP's of the era, fourth one in on top line features "P.J.Pringle, Electric Supply Co." Inside Back cover - map of Ballarat including tram lines and places of interest marked in red. Gives a detailed photographic presentation of Ballarat in 1914.80 page book with, in addition, light green card covers, titled "Ballarat Illustrated". Loose copy of page 9 and 10 held.trams, tramways, ballarat, local history, heritage buildings, esco -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Lindsay Bounds, c1971
... destination, while 13 has Victoria St. 840.4 - Tram 30 crossing Sturt... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields trams tramways Victoria St ...Series of black and white photos of SEC Ballarat 30 by Lindsay Bounds, late 1970, early 1971 on 8" x 10" prints. 840.1 - tram 30, city bound, at Bell St. Loop (?) crossing another single trucker. Tram has destination of Lydiard St. North. 840.2 - trams 13, 30 and 18 and another single trucker at the depot gates, all showing Depot or Depot via Drummond North destinations - possibly on a Sunday morning. 840.3 - Trams 13 and 30 on the north side of Drummond St. north, with Sturt St. Mansions buildings behind. Winter photo. Tram 30 has Lydiard St. Nth destination, while 13 has Victoria St. 840.4 - Tram 30 crossing Sturt St., bound for Sebastopol with Post office in background. 840.5 - Tram 30 in Victoria St. bound for Gardens via Sturt St. West. 840.6 - Tram 30 crossing Sturt St. at Drummond St. bound for Lydiard St. North. Has lights on. 840.7 - Tram 30 west bound in Victoria St. at King St. loop with St. Alipius church in background. Many Holden motor cars in photo as well. Some imperfections in the printing of the photograph.trams, tramways, victoria st., sturt st, skipton st., tram 30, tram 13, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, R.G. Vanselow, 30/08/1968 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph of SEC No. 32 and two other single truckers at the City Centre in Sturt St, on the north side. Photographed by R.G. Vanselow at 11.05pm on 30/8/1968. The three crew members (drivers) are standing by the tram stop pole while an Inspector walks towards them. Photo has the SEC building in the background. Tram 32 has a Wilkinson Sword razor blade roof ad. The 2nd tram has a roof ad for Myers Pixietown. Tram 32 showing destination of "Victoria St." Colour photocopy, laminated, of this photograph on display 5/2000 at 02-02-06 1380 Copy 2 - made by enlarging photo to an approx. A4 print by colour photocopying and laminated for display purposes. Made July 2000 for the Trams at Night exhibition in the depot. Made by W.Doubleday. Has four Velcro dots on rear. Overall size 210H x 272W. Stored in same box at rear of large photos area in an A4 plastic folder.On rear in pencil "Approx. 11.05pm, Fri 30 August 1968 / City Centre, Sturt St, / Ballarat" and in bottom right hand corner, in ink "With Compliments / R.G." and stamped in black ink "Vanselow".trams, tramways, city centre, sturt st, night photo, tram 32