Black and white photographs of the Electrical Control room supervisory panel, that was located in Bouverie St and Queensberry St Carlton known as Carlton Control. Photograph most likely taken at the same time as the new panel was implemented - see Reg item 4514 - late 1964. Shows the panel and its set up, maps on the wall and other equipment and a table in front of the operators table or position. The MMTB News - 1721.4 - Vol. 1, No. 4 - 20 pages, November - December 1964, with a colour photo of the new Supervisory control room at Carlton on the front cover. Has articles on; chairman's message, tramway band, Carlton Control - Supervisory Centre, safe electrical working, Christmas celebrations, the old power control centre, a obituary for H. H. Bell, Remembrance day. Printed on gloss white paper.trams, tramways, carlton, substation, electrical equipment, electrical switching, carlton control

Series of five black and white photographs of the Electrical Control room supervisory panel, that was located in Bouverie St and Queensberry St Carlton known as Carlton Control at the time of the implementation late 1964 .1 - General view with the Press standing around. .2 - View of the operators control desk .3 - ditto with the operator at "work" .4 - The room and map without the chair etc. .5 - ditto but a side view. The MMTB News - 1721.4 - Vol. 1, No. 4 - 20 pages, November - December 1964, with a colour photo of the new Supervisory control room at Carlton on the front cover. Has articles on; chairman's message, tramway band, Carlton Control - Supervisory Centre, safe electrical working, Christmas celebrations, the old power control centre, a obituary for H. H. Bell, Remembrance day. Printed on gloss white paper.Items .4 and .5 are stamped on the rear.trams, tramways, carlton, substation, electrical equipment, electrical switching, carlton control

Set of 17 colour slides of tramway shelters, poles, and substations by Robert Green c1990. Shelters by the PMTT, HTT and MMTB 1 Tramway Shelter (PMTT) - Cnr Balaclava and Orrong Road, Caulfield 2 - ditto 3 - Tramway Shelter (PMTT) - Cnr. Cotham Road and Burke Road, Deepdene 4 - Tramway Shelter (PMTT) - Cnr. Cotham Road and Burke Road, Deepdene with telephone box alongside. 5 - Cnr. Malvern Rd and Orrong Road, Toorak 6 - Cnr. Malvern Rd and Orrong Road, Toorak 7 - Cnr. Dandenong Road and Hawthorn Road, Caufield 8 - ditto 9 - PMTT Substation - Rusden Street, Elsternwick 10 - PMTT poles cnr. Dandenong Road and Wattletree Road 11 - Tram shelter (HTT) Riversdale Road and Highfield Road - Camberwell - Highfield Park 12 - Tram shelter (HTT) Riversdale Road and Wattlevalley Road, Camberwell 13 - ditto 14 - Tram shelter (HTT) Camberwell Road, cnr Bowen St. Camberwell. 15 - Tram Shelter (HTT) Camberwell Depot, Riversdale Road, Hawthorn 16 - Merri Creek Bridge, St. Georges Road, North Fitzroy 17 - Merri Creek Bridge, St. Georges Road, North Fitzroy - foundation stone Yields information about Melbourne's tramway stop shelters and other infrastructure.Set of 17 Kodak colour slides in plastic mounts.tramways, shelters, caufield, deepdene, toorak, orrong road, cotham road, balaclava road, pmtt, htt, mmtb, riversdale road, camberwell depot, merri creek bridge, foundation stone, dandenong road, poles, rusden st, substations, hawthorn road, st.georges road

Set of two brass manufacturing / data plates from the BTM Isolating transformer that failed Oct. 2004 and sent to ABB's Yarraville Workshop for assessment. Recovered from the transformer by ABB staff following inspection. Plates detail Manufacturer (State Electricity Commission of Victoria), ratings, connection diagrams, windings and date of manufacture (1931). These plates did not reflect the re-winding characteristics, but its original manufacturer. Transformer No. 1267. Each plate has four corner holes. Transformer acquired by the BTPS 1973 for re-winding from the SEC. See Reg. Item 3018 for transformer photographs at ABB workshops. tramways, trams, btps, substation, depot, electric traction, electric failure, sec

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

Black and White photograph, mounted onto brown card of the interior of Ascot Vale Sub-station with two rotary converters in the foreground, and associated panels and four employees alongside the panels. Rotary Converters have English Electric displayed on the machines. Time-line history of Melbourne's Government cable electric trams and buses - George et al, page 30 gives date of opening as Dec. 1924.Under the photograph, the words "Ascot Vale" has been written in ink and one person has been arrowed the expression "ME" written onto the photograph.trams, tramways, mmtb, substation, ascot vale, english electric, rotary converters, switchboards

Black and White photograph, mounted onto grey impressed and lined card of 8 men in a doorway a the Essendon or Ascot Vale Power House operated by The North Melbourne and Electric Tramways and Lighting Company. NMETL Has the power station equipment in the background. Photo by "Darge" Photos, 175 Collins St Melbourne, printed on the bottom right hand corner. Mr Murdoch the manager, most likely in the right hand of the top row. Others unknown. May have been taken a the time of the hand over of Essendon Power Station to the SEC / MMTBOne person has been arrowed the expression "ME" written onto the photograph.trams, tramways, power station, personnel, equipment, essendon, nmetl, substation

Book - 52 A4 pages + manila card cover, stapled on the left hand side, titled "MMTB Telephone Directory - February 1979", providing telephone numbers within the MMTB system and external dialled numbers, with officer names where known or detailed and location or head office room number. Has handwritten updates to 1981.trams, tramways, mmtb, telephones, personnel, depots, workshops, substation

Photocopy of a drawing or plan on an A4 sheet, titled "Detail of land leased to Alfred Kefford Pty Ltd" and the back of the former MMTB Office building in Victoria Parade Fitzroy. Gives the block dimension, streets, a location of a workshop and the brick office building. The Young St sub-station was excluded. Gives details of the fences. Plan undated. Rod Atkins advised 29/7/19 that Alfred Kefford nee Pty Ltd. resided at no 17 Young Street on corner of Duke Street just several doors further up Young Street on the same side. All I know so far is they were into some form of delivery type transport - i.e.. carrier.trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, lease agreement, victoria parade, young st, substation

Set of the three drawings of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT) Depot in Glenferrie Road, Malvern. 1 - Drawing No. 22 - Sheet No. 1 - Contract No. 8 - "Car shed offices and converter station buildings" - by Noyes Bros, dated 10/10/1909 2 - Drawing No. 23 - Sheet No. 2 - Contract No. 8 - Plan view of above - shows the first three roads or tracks within a larger building. Shows the room layout of the first depot building. 3 - Drawing No. 156 - Layout of Offices, car depot, and substation - c1920 - showing additional buildings, floor plans, extensions and the small four road workshop on the northside of Coldblo Road.Yields information about Malvern tram depot by the PMTT.Set of three prints on paper from a larger drawing reduced to A3 size.trams, tramways, depots, pmtt, malvern depot, drawings, noyes bros

Third Annual Report of the Footscray Tramway Trust, for the year ending 30/9/1919. Lists the Trust Members, Consulting Engineers, and Secretary. Details the Trust's activities, finances, and a short review of activities noting the supply of energy from the Victorian Railways Newport Power Station. Engineering report by Christie & Gardiner detailing the construction, welding of joints, tar surfacing, substation equipment, fitting equipment to the seven ex HTT tramcars at Footscray, delivery of equipment for the tramcars, but a delay in the delivery of the trolley wire. There are four pages of accounts and one page for the Auditor's statement. The Trust was taken over by the MMTB during Feb. 1920 who completed the work and commissioned the tramway.Yields information about the construction of the Footscray Tramway Trust tramways.Eleven foolscap sheets, duplicated, pinned with a removable foldable clip in top left hand corner. Two copies held.tramways, tramcars, ftt, footscray tramways trust, new tramways, rails, tramway construction, annual reports, htt

Set of three photocopied plans or drawings on A3 sheet of the "Victoria Parade" and "Rae St Fitzroy", c/1938. .1 - sheet 1 - P8396 - showing layout of buildings, adjacent properties at the intersection of Victoria Parade and Young Street - includes the offices, sub-station and shedding and location of No. 95 Victoria Parade - sheet 2 - P8397 - shows details of No. 95 Victoria Parade and the Two story Traffic offices at the corner of Young and Victoria Parade. .2 - P8405 - Plan of property - block and buildings of No. 449 Rae St Fitzroy. A web search shows that an advertisement was placed for the Carowindra Private Hospital at this location - advertised in the Fitzroy City Press - 14/2/1920 - Trove - access 12-9-2016. This became part of the Central Bus Garage property - see Reg Item 1745.trams, tramways, drawings, depots, property, victoria parade, young st, substation, hospital

Article titled "Ride of a lifetime" about the retirement of Norm Cross from Preston Workshops. Features a photograph of Norm standing in the doorway of W7 1010. Gives the story of Norm and his work at Preston Workshops, life at the Workshops, story's, W class trams, and United Group the then current occupier. Has a number of photos including tram 504, Clifton Pugh, workshop buildings, trams on jacks (W7 1031) and power lines on a pole.Yields information about Norm Cross, a well known tramway enthusiast and author, who passed away during 2024.Newspaper cutting from The Melbourne Times, 14/6/2006trams, tramways, preston workshops, substation, retirements, w7 class, tram 1010, tram 1031, norm cross

384.1 - Folded A3 sheet - Feb / March 1998 issue of "Yarra Tram News", featuring articles on the City Circle tram service, tram 966 at the Tennis Centre, Customer surveys, trackwork in Victoria Parade, capital works, depots updates and Grand Prix. 384.2 - Folded A3 sheet - Aug/Sept 1988 - City circle tram award, route 70 deviation works, George Litchen, capital works and depots updates. 384.3 - Folded A3 sheet - July 1999 - Edition 17 - time keeping, OH&S, note from CEO John Wilson, website, Mercilita Manigan, depots and Yarra Power - substation DC opening issues. trams, tramways, yarra trams, city circle, tram depot, grand prix, trackwork

Pamphlet - 4 fold DL, titled ""Buses replace trams - Route 58 and Route 78", June 2021 for the installation of a level platform stop at South Yarra Station, cabling from the Daly St substation and trackwork on route 78 as well. Image i2 shows a plan of the stop - source from https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/3016/2201/0888/PTVH5474_South_Yarra_Tram_Design_Plan_Map_A1_v8_FA.jpg at the time. Has a map of the replacement services. Has PTV and Victorian Government logos. image i3 - downloaded from the Yarra Trams website - details of the project including upgrading the Power supply. two copies held. .1 - coffee voucher for two days (19/6 and 20/6) while tram stop works were being carried out.trams, tramways, route 58, trackwork, bus replacement, south yarra, daly st substation

Eleanor Hinde (1842-1902) was born in Lancashire England. In 1858, Eleanor married Richard Reynold in the Forest Street Wesleyan Methodist Church in Sandhurst. They both gave their address as Sailors Gully Goldfields. They had seven children together. Richard was a skilled tradesman and after he died in 1872 from lung disease, Eleanor married Arculus Opie. Eleanor owned a property on the corner of Gladstone and Stanley Streets which later became an electrical substation. She sold poultry and eggs and preserves. One of Eleanor's sons, William John, married Anna (Annie) Jorgensen. One of her daughters. Amelia, married Anna's brother Thomas Joynes Jorgensen. . Peter Jorgensen (1849-1914), was a mining contractor. He lived at, "Bro," Russell street, Quarry Hill. The Jorgensen family founded and managed Jorgensen and Sons foundry and engineering works and mining contractors. He was a native of the Island of Alsen, Denmark. He left Denmark in the year 1861, embarking at Hamburg in a small sailing ship bound for Australia.The four folders contain family history documents and photos of the descendants of Eleanor Hinde. Amelia Honorah Reynolds (1890-1985) married Charles F Greenaway. Amelia is the granddaughter of Richard Reynolds and Eleanour Hinde. 10891.4b Family history sheet of Charles Albion Reynolds and amelia Ellen Kemp 10891.4c 4d, Amelia H Greenaway (Reynolds) at Templestowe 93 years 10891.4e History Notes on Amelia updated in 2008 10891.4f Wedding photo of Fank and amelia Greenaway Reynolds. 24/11/1917. Father of the bride Chas. Reynolds, Groomsman Hector Reynolds, Bridesmaids Louisa Reynolds and Ivy Greenaway, flower-girl Ivy (Cochrane?) 10891.4g Amelia 10891.4h Amelia Greenaway attending a wedding at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne in 1959 69 years old 10891.4j, 4k, 4l, m Greeting cards 10891.4n Article on Mrs Amelia Greenaway 90 years old 10891.4o Victorian State Government Certificate 1985 10891.4p Wedding Amelia - Mrs Frank Greenaway nee Reynolds 24/11/1917 10891.4q Letter attached to Mandurang State School Prize presented to amelia Reynolds 19 Dec 1898 10891.4r Photo of three young women 10891.4s, 4t Post Card "A refreshing dip" to Amelia from a friend 10891.4u, 4v Post Card Letter to Ameliabendigo, sandhurst, peter jorgensen, eleanor hinde, eleanor reynolds, eleanor opie, reynolds collection, amelia honorah reynolds, charles frank greenaway, charles albion reynolds, amelia greenaway

Book - 16 pages printed on off white paper plus light card cover printed on grey paper, titled "Tramway by the River - a brief history of the Hawthorn Tramways Trust". Originally written by Bob Prentice in a TMSV Running Journal of 1966 (Vol. 2 No. 4), then to a booklet by Peter Bardho of Tramway Publications in 1993. Covers the history of the trust, those involved, horse tram, operations, Riversdale Road extension, mileage, track layout with plans, overhead, rollingstock, the Burwood accident of Jan. 1917, depot, substation, Wattle Park, employees strike, fares and sections, annual balance sheets, timetables, rolling stock data, disposal and an epilogue following the establishment of the MMTB. Has numerous photos. 2nd Edition, published by Tramway Publications 2016, Edited by Dean Filgate - digital image added 7/8/2020 as htd1117i2.pdf.trams, tramways, htt, burwood, accidents, depot, hawthorn, tramcars, tmsv, wattle park, employees

Digital copy of a 60 page report - ""Recommendation of the Executive Director and assessment of cultural heritage significance - Malvern Tram Depot - Amendment - 20/2/2020" Details the history and context of the location relevant to the development of the PMTT and MMTB systems route, the equipment contained within the building, includes all moveable objects within the building including documents. Has a detailed statement of cultural significance, proposed permit policy. The history includes details of the electrification of the Melbourne's tramways, the rotary converter equipment, its operation, architecture. Report includes photographs of the interior of the building. The last amendment was to include the items with the former Rotary Converter sub-station.trams, tramways, substation, malvern depot, rotary converters, heritage victoria, significance, coldblo road, transformer, power supply, electrical engineering, pmtt, mmtb

Set of six small black and white prints of the interior of the Ascot Vale or Essendon NMETL power house and associated control and generation equipment, mid 1910's? .1 - DC power generators with engines in the background .2 - Steam power engines. .3 - Boilers - and fire boxes with two man standing in the photograph. .4 - Switchboard with three men standing alongside. .5 - Repairing generator equipment - partly dismantled. .6 - ditto with three men in the photograph. .7 - Photo of rotary converters, possibly Carlton, but no notation on rear of photograph. From name plates on machines - Westinghouse Manchester.On rear in ink .1 - "Generators Ascot Vale" .2 - "Engines Ascot Vale" .3 - "Switchboard Ascot Vale" .4 - ditto .5 - "Ascot Vale breakdown" and in pencil " .6 - "Ascot Vale breakdown" and in pencil "trams, tramways, mmtb, substation, nmetl, essendon, ascot vale, rotary converters, switchboards, boilers, generators, carlton, westinghouse

Eleanor Hinde (1842-1902) was born in Lancashire England. In 1858, Eleanor married Richard Reynold in the Forest St Wesleyn Methodist Church in Sandhurst. They both gave their address as Sailors Gully Goldfields. They had seven children together. Richard was a skilled tradesman and after he died in 1872 from lung disease, Eleanor married Arculus Opie. Eleanor owned a property on the corner of Gladstone and Stanley Streets which later became an electrical substation. She sold poultry and eggs and preserves. One of Eleanor's sons, William John, married Anna (Annie) Jorgensen, and one of her daughters. Amelia, married Anna's brother Thomas Joynes Jorgensen. The Jorgensens founded and managed Jorgensen and Sons foundry and engineering works. Peter Jorgensen (1849-1914), was a mining contractor, he lived at, "Bro," Russell street, Quarry Hill. His firm was Jorgensen and Sons, mining contractors. He was a native of the Island of Alsen, Denmark. He left Denmark in the year 1861, embarking at Hamburg in a small sailing Ship. The four folders contain family history documents and photos of the descendants of Eleanor Hinde. 10891a There are two photos of Eleanor sitting on a chair with a fan in her hand. The smaller photo has inscribed on its back "Opie, nee Reynolds"; the larger photo has: "Eleanor Hinde Mrs Reynolds/Mrs Opie, Mother of seven Reynolds children, Mother of two Opie sons, All children lived long lives. 10891b Notes on Eleanor Hinde by her Great-granddaughter Ruth Pendavingh - Eltham Victoria March 2008 10891c Family card Sheet for Richard Croom Reynolds and Eleanor Hinde. There are handwritten notes on the sheet. 10891d Letter to Richard Reynolds in 1872 from his friend Thomas Hayward 10891e Family Tree of Eleanour and Richard from Ancestory.com public trees 10891f List of descendants of Richard Reynolds and Eleanor Hinde. It includes places lived. 10891g PDF File - Family History Report - Descendants of Richard Reynolds and Eleanor Hinde and their seven children (Contact the Bendigo Historical Society for Access) 10891h PDF File - Family History Report - Descendants of Archelaus Opie and Eleanor Hinde and their seven children. (Contact the Bendigo Historical Society for Access) 10891i PDF File - Family History Report - Descendants of Archelaus Opie and Eleanor Hinde and their seven children. Their Child Louisa Rynolds who married Thomas Richard Preston in 1909 and had a daughter (Contact the Bendigo Historical Society for Access) 10891j PDF File - Hand Written Notes - two pages - Descendants of Archelaus Opie and Eleanor Hinde and her two husbands, Richard Reynolds and Archelaus Opie (Contact the Bendigo Historical Society for Access)bendigo, sandhurst, peter jorgensen, eleanor hinde, eleanor reynolds, eleanor opie, reynolds collection