Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 10 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. This set of slides, possibly on the last weekend of Mt Pleasant services - closure took place on 5/9/1971. . .1 - 17 at the City terminus, north side. Tram showing the destination of Sebastopol and has a Twin Lakes sign. .2 - 26 at the city terminus, south side with Geommola's Pharmacy and Kodak Film advert and Town Hall in the background. .3 - 43 at the City terminus, north side, with destination of Mt Pleasant. Has a number of men at the tram stop. .4 - 14 leaving Bridge St, crossing Grenville St into Sturt St, with destination of City. Has the Dickins and Woolworths Big W store in the background. .5 - 43 at Mt Pleasant terminus with conductor boarding the tram. Tram has destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. In the background is the corner store with adverts for The Sun, Womens Weekly, Coca Cola and Robur Tea. .6 - 43 and 26 Barkly St, about to arrive at the Grant St loop. Both trams inbound. .7 - 43, 26 and 27 at Grant St loop. .8 - 12 (Lydiard St Nth) and another bogie tram at the city terminus north with the Town Hall in the background. .9 - 39 outbound in Barkly St to Mt Pleasant - note the new bus stop signs on either side of the tram. 10 - 27 (City) and 26 turning from Barkly St into Main St with the Ampol petrol station, a general store advertising Escort cigarettes and The Age in the background . On the right hand side is a fish and chips shop advertising crays and drinks.trams, tramways, sturt st, city, grenville st, bridge st, mt pleasant, barkly st, grant st, main st, closure, tram 17, tram 26, tram 43, tram 14, tram 12, tram 27, tram 39

Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 10 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. This set of slides appears to be the last day of operations - 19/9/1971 .1 - 40 in Drummond St Nth. near Macarthur St, showing Sebastopol. .2 - 35 turning from Drummond St north into Sturt St with the Southern Cross hotel in the background. Note the shoes in the overhead. .3 - 42 in Drummond St North, showing Special, nearing Sturt St. .4 - 42 turning into Sturt St, with the Shell Service station on the left. .5 - 42 reversing on the Lydiard St Nth crossover with the post office in the background. Tram showing Sebastopol. .6 - 39 reversing at Grenville St, tram showing Special. Has the Dickins and the Gasometer in the background. the conductor adjusting the trolley ropes. .7 - 39 running from Bridge St into Sturt St - as above. .8 - 34 and 39? parked in the City Loop. Has Patersons furniture, Gear Chemist and Edments stores in the background. .9 - 43 showing special at the Sturt and Lydiard St stop with 39? about to leave Lydiard St Nth. Has the post office in the background. .10 - 40 at the Lydiard St North terminus, with passengers boarding. Cemetery gates in the background.trams, tramways, drummond st nth, macarthur st, sturt st, closure, lydiard st nth, grenville st, city loop, closure, tram 40, tram 35, tram 42, tram 39, tram 34

Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 10 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. This set of slides appears to be the last day of operations - 19/9/1971 .1 - Photo taken from Cooks Hotel balcony overlooking three bogie trams parked in the City Loop with Big W and Dickins store in the background. .2 - 42 in Albert St, showing destination of Sebastopol, though could be north bound near Ophir St. .3 - 42 crossing Ophir St to the north. .4 - 42 (Lydiard St Nth), 34 (Sebastopol) crossing at the Bell St loop .5 - 42, 35 and another bogie tram at ditto - note the neat line of photographers and one person (bounding) around. .6 - 34 and 35 leaving the Grey St loop southbound. .7 - 34 and 35 southbound in Albert St passing the Borough of Sebastopol Town Hall .8 - 34 nearing the Sebastopol terminus in Albert St .9 - 35 ditto .10 - 35 ditto after passing the camera looking towards the terminus.trams, tramways, sturt st, sebastopol, albert st, city loop, ophir st, bell st, grey st, borough of sebastopol, closure, tram 42, tram 34, tram 35

Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 7 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. This set of slides appears to be the last day of operations - 19/9/1971 .1 - Four bogie trams parked in city loop with Woolworth's Big W and Dickins in the background. Not well focused. first tram 37 - see Reg Item 6158.6. .2 - 42 at Sturt and Lydiard St, north side, night photo with crew standing by the tram stop sign. Has the post office in the background. .3 - bogie tram at the south side, night photo, has the Commonwealth Bank in the background. .4 - 39 (at the rear of the four bogie trams parked in the City loop), night photo, looking west. .5 - 42 at Sebastopol terminus with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background - night photo. .6 - bogie tram and 39 parked in the city loop - two have now departed. Has Dickins, Gear Chemist and Edments Hartleys stores in the background. .7 - 34 at Sturt and Lydiard St north side.trams, tramways, closure, night photo, city loop, post office, tram 37, tram 42, tram 39, tram 34

Has a strong association with Tony Smith of the MTPA who assists the BTM in its work.News paper clipping from the Herald Sun, Melbourne 3 April 2014, titled "Old Rattlers still on the rails", with a top heading of - "Tony's love affair with trams keeps alive city's history". Has a photo of Tony (Anthony) Smith of the Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association holding a spanner with VR 41 in the background. Gives details of Tony's work at Haddon and the conservation of Melbourne trams. Article written by Aaron Langmaid, with photo by Tim Carrafa. mtpa, melbourne, haddon, vr

Yields information about the storage of tramcars in the City Loop during a week day.Colour slide - 35mm - of five (one bogie tram and four single truckers) in City Loop, with the Woolworths Big W store in the background. Trams in photograph are 43, 31 and others. Photo Chas Bevan. No. 43 has an advertisement for Bliss Bombs (To read pack: Tilt Tram")"Ballarat trams 1971"tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 43, tram 31

Yields information about the storage of tramcars in the City Loop during a week day.Colour slide - 35mm - of Ballarat bogie tram No. 43 parked in the City Loop with buildings of Sturt St south side in the background. Tram has the destination of City and an SEC roof advert "Everything's fine in my all electric kitchen""Ballarat trams 1971"tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 43

Yields information about the city junction between Sturt and Lydiard St north and demonstrates the operation at this point by a driver.Colour slide - 35mm - of Ballarat No. 28 at the junction between Sturt St and Lydiard St North, with the driver changing points for Lydiard St North. The tram has the destination for Lydiard St North. Shows the SEC offices in the background, Racey's store, the small tram stop sign and end of section sign and the motor traffic at this point. Photo by Chas Bevan."Ballarat trams" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st nth, sturt st, motormen, drivers, city, tram 28

Yields information about No. 13 and the general scene at the City area, corner of Lydiard and Sturt Sts.Colour slide - 35mm - of Ballarat No. 13 and another single trucker at the junction between Sturt St and Lydiard St North. No. 13 has the destination for Mt Pleasant. Shows the SEC offices in the background, Racey's store, the small tram stop sign and end of section sign and the motor traffic at this point. Photo by Chas Bevan 19-12-1970."Ballarat trams 19-12-70 Lydiard St xing of West H'way" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st nth, sturt st, tram 13

Black and white photograph of Bendigo 25, late 1950's crossing the highway at Charing Cross and about to enter Mitchell St. Tram has the destination of Quarry Hill. In the background is City Club Hotel. On the right hand side of the photograph is a direction sign and tram stop sign. Photographer unknown - see history of object.In the rear in ink "Bendigo"trams, tramways, bendigo, charing cross, mitchell st, quarry hill, tram 25

Demonstrates the use of the trams in the city area of Ballarat, late 1950's and their use.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 27, loading passengers at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St, City, late in a summer evening. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West and an auxiliary board, but it cant be read. A number of passengers are boarding. Has the Commonwealth Bank building in the background, and the tram stop signs on the pole in front of the photo. Photographer unknown - see history of object. See Keith Kings, The Bendigo Tramways, re the fitting of reflective tape in 1956, page 59.In the rear in pencil - "Ballarat"trams, tramways, city, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 27

Demonstrates the use of the trams in the city area of Ballarat, late 1950's and their use.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 19, loading passengers at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St, City, late in a summer evening. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West and an auxiliary board, but it cant be read. Many passengers are boarding. Has the Commonwealth Bank building in the background, and the tram stop signs on the pole in front of the photo. Photographer unknown - see history of object. See Keith Kings, The Bendigo Tramways, re the fitting of reflective tape in 1956, page 59.In the rear in pencil - "Ballarat"trams, tramways, city, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 19

Demonstrates the use of the trams in the city area of Ballarat, late 1950's and their use.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 17, loading passengers at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St, City, late in a summer evening. Tram has the destination of Gregory St. Many passengers are or waiting to boarding. Has the Post Office in the background and Robert Burns statue. Note most of the passengers are women. Photographer unknown - see history of object. See Keith Kings, The Bendigo Tramways, re the fitting of reflective tape in 1956, page 59.In the rear in pencil - "Ballarat"trams, tramways, city, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 17

Demonstrates the use of the trams in the city area of Ballarat, late 1950's and their use.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 28 and a bogie tram at the Sturt St City stop, south side. No. 28 has the destination of Bell St. The driver is awaiting the bells to proceed. Photographer unknown - see history of object. See Keith Kings, The Bendigo Tramways, re the fitting of reflective tape in 1956, page 59.In the rear in pencil - "Ballarat"trams, tramways, city, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 28

Demonstrates the use of the trams in the city area of Ballarat, late 1950's and their use.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 28 and a bogie tram at the Sturt St City stop, south side. No. 28 has the destination of Bell St. In the background are the Commonwealth Bank, Berry Anderson printers and the National Mutual building. A number of passengers are boarding the tram. Photographer unknown - see history of object. Keith Kings, The Bendigo Tramways, re the fitting of reflective tape in 1956, page 59.In the rear in pencil - "Ballarat"trams, tramways, city, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 28

Demonstrates the use of the trams in the city area of Ballarat, late 1950's and their use.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 36 at the city terminus, Sturt and Lydiard streets, south side. The tram has the destination of Sebastopol. In the background is the Commonwealth Bank. Passengers are waiting on the seats in the median strip with some boarding the tram. Tram stop pole with stop sign and end of section sign. Photographer unknown - see history of object.In the rear in pencil - "Ballarat"trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, city, tram 36

Demonstrates the use of the trams in the city area of Ballarat, late 1950's and their use.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 35 at the city terminus, Sturt and Lydiard streets, south side. The tram has the destination of Sebastopol. Photographer unknown - see history of object.In the rear in pencil - "Ballarat"trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, city, tram 35

Newspaper clipping from the Courier, titled "Work starts on lakeside black spot" Wednesday 3/12/2014 about the commencement of work on the reconstruction of Wendouree Parade at depot junction. Story by Melissa Cunningham and picture by Adam Trafford. Quotes Eric Braslis, General Manger Infrastructure City of Ballarat.btm, road works, depot junction

Black and White photograph, of Bendigo12 with destination of Golden Square, leaving Charing Cross in High St, during the mid to late 1950's. Tram has roof adverts for Jeffreys Bread, Alva Jams and a Cohn's Drink ad on the front drivers panel. In the background are the City Club Hotel and Start Building Society buildings. Printed on Fujichrome paper. Two copies held."TMSV Sales" stamp on rear. On rear of in ink 'HTT1 = MM107 = BED 19, Renumbered 12"trams, tramways, bendigo, charing cross, high st, tram 12

.1 - Colour print of Ballarat Tramway Museum W4 671 outside the Ballarat depot, following repainting to the blue colour scheme mid 1990's. Photographed by John Phillips for the Dept. of Transport. .2 - W4 671 running in Melbourne, during early 1996, on the City Circle in Spring St Melbourne, advertising the Ballarat Begonia Festival with the Princes Theatre and Holmes Colleges buildings in the background. Has number "96-35-25" on rear. Printed on Kodak paper.Each photo has on the rear a "Copyright Department of Infrastructure with details for reordering and a hand written letters "JP"trams, tramways, ballarat, btm, w4 class, spring st, tram 671

Yields information about the appearance of Hospital Corner in the early 1960's and trams that used the area.Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 30 followed by No. 34 leaving Drummond St south and crossing Sturt St, Hospital corner. No. 30 has the destination of City and No. 34, Lydiard St North. In the background is the construction of the liquor store on the south west corner by J Wier. Dated 21/3/1962. Printed on Agfa Gevaert paper in a postcard format. In the front of No. 30 can be seen a child hanging onto the door and pillar. No. 34 has SEC Electricity cooking advertisement. Photo by Lloyd Rogers.In ink "Ballarat Cars 30 and 34 entering Sturt St from Sebastopol route. 21/3/1962. and the number "4/43". In the top left hand corner "30 ex M?"trams, tramways, sturt st, drummond st sth, hospital corner, passengers, tram 30, tram 34

Yields information about the appearance of trams parked in the City loop during early 1960's and the construction of the Big W store.Black and white photograph of Ballarat trams 21, 33 and 26 in the City Loop. Dated 13/12/1961. Printed on Agfa Gevaert paper in a postcard format. 21 - has a roof advertisement fort A. H. Collins of Sebastopol for Timber and The Age and another on the dash panel. 32 - has roof adverts for Penfold Cream Sherry cream and Eureka Terra Cotta tiles. In the background, a building (possibly the future Big W) is under construction in Grenville St. Photo by Lloyd Rogers.In ink "Ballarat trams Nos. 21, 33, 26, Sturt St 13/12/1961 and 3/19". In pencil: "21 - ex 10 Alaide, 33- ex M 189, 26 - ex M 111"trams, tramways, city loop, sturt st, tram 21, tram 33, tram 26

Yields information about the appearance of tram No. 28 in the early 1960's and the Sturt St streetscape.Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram 28 in the City Loop. Dated 21/3/1962. Printed on Agfa Gevaert paper in a postcard format. Has the Ballaarat Gas Co building in the background. No. 12 has a roof advert for Ballarat Georgelle? Hair Salon? - at 13 Armstrong St Nth and a dash panel advert for SEC Briquettes. Photo by Lloyd Rogers.In ink "Car 28, city Loop, Ballarat 21/3/1962 and 12/43". In pencil: "ex 113 M"trams, tramways, sturt st, city loop, tram 28

Yields information the buildings, buildings and scene in Sturt St looking East from Doveton St.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a postcard - titled "Sturt St Ballarat Vic", looking east along the south side of Sturt St from Doveton St. Tram in the far distance. Has a number of motor vehicles in the photograph. Has a tram No. 5, at the city tram stop and three trams in the distance in Sturt or Bridge St. Wal has dated the photo 1935 on his album notes. Has a good photo of the City Hall Cafe advertising Swallow's Ice cream. Kodak postcard - see image i2.In bottom right hand corner has the "2 Vic Rail Photo".trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, dawson st, tram 5

Yields information the appearance of Sturt St from Lydiard St about 1910 with ESCo trams in the photograph.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a coloured postcard looking west from Lydiard St along Sturt St with ESCo No. 17 at the city tram terminus. Has good detail of the central median strip. In the background is the Art Gallery Association building, Crockers store. c1910. Has the number 300ATR in the bottom right hand corner. Published by Valentines & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd. Melbourne and Sydney. Printed in Great Britain. For rear of postcard - see image i2.trams, tramways, sturt st, esco, lydiard st, tram 17

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tram fleet in 1943 when parked in City Loop. None of these trams remain in Ballarat today.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of trams 23, 22, 25 and 29 in Sturt St loop 11-12-1943. In the background is the Ballarat Courier Building and in the background is an advertisement for Plume, and City Mutual Life insurance. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeon rear of photo in ink, "SEC Ballarat, No. 23, 22 ex Adelaide 69 and 92, 25 and 29 ex MMTB Sturt St 11-12-43" and in top right hand corner Wal Jack copyright stamp with number "T56" written.trams, tramways, sturt st, city loop, grenville st, tram 23, tram 22, tram 25, tram 29

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tramcar No. 23, which was often decorated in 1949 and the streetscape.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of trams No. 23 in Sturt St climbing the hill enroute to Gardens. Shows how the barrier rails were arranged. In front of the tram area a number of angle parked cars. In the rear are Patersons Furniture, Taylor and Taylor Chemists, Ballarat Fish Supply, Ritzy Cafe and Grill Rooms and a book store. The tram itself is looking shabby. Photo taken 20-3-1949. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeon rear of photo in ink, "SEC Ballarat, No. 23, in Sturt St, Ballarat 20-3-1949" and in top right hand corner Wal Jack copyright stamp with number "T99" written.trams, tramways, sturt st, city loop, tram 23

Yields information SEC 3rd 22, one of the ex Adelaide tramcars and the streetscape late 1930's. at the City tram terminus.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 22 at the City terminus, south side, with the Post Office in background. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. Not dated, late 1930s. Note very similar image to Reg item 1373. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See Reg Item 1373 for a poor print and Reg Item 7540 for the original negative.on rear of photo in ink, "Ballarat Tramways 3rd No. 22 ex Adelaide 92 / smashed up July 1944 tram" and in bottom right corner "W. Jack"trams, tramways, sturt st

Yields information about the preparations undertaken by the Ballarat Fire Brigade to form a welcoming arch for a visiting Governor General..Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of Ballarat No. 20 passing under the two LaFrance fire brigade ladders forming an arch outside the Ballarat City Fire station on 8/3/1955 to greet the Governor General Sir William Slim, Sturt and Raglan Streets. Wal's album notes say "No. 20 passing under 2-100' extension ladders as an arch to welcome Sir William Slim, Governor General. Sturt and Raglan St 8-3-1955." See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negative\ Neville Britton of the BTM advised 2/5/2020: Seven LaFrance 100' ladders built by the American LaFrance Company, of Elmira, New York arrived in Australia in 1942 as part of the WW2 lend lease program. One each to Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. Four initially to the MFB but within a short period of time went to the CFA. One each to Geelong City FS, Ballarat City FS and Bendigo FS. The fourth was a stand in and was located at the Ballarat FS when not required. Thus the two ladders in the photo at the Ballarat City FS. I was a volunteer at Ballarat City FB from 1967 and commenced my career employment there in 1970. The two LaFrance ladders were still in Ballarat at that time. In the mid 70's the 'spare' was allocated to the Dandenong FS. They were retired in the 1980's. The four Victorian ladders still survive. Ex Geelong City is at the Fire Services Museum Victoria. They have a second one that was acquired by a private collector. It was neglected and returned to the FSMV in poor condition. Ex Ballarat City was driven to Sydney and remains at the Museum of Fire at Penrith. The fourth one was acquired by a private collector and stored in a shed in North Geelong and never moved. He recently died and it may have been sold. They had a V12 petrol engine with all ignition parts duplicated. So two Distributors, two ignition coils and two spark plugs per cylinder. Splash feed engine lubrication.On rear in ink. Top right hand corner "T175" within the Wal Jack stamp. "SEC Ballarat No. 20 passing under the two LaFrance yank extension ladders ( to greet the Governor General Sir William Slim) Sturt and Raglan Streets. and the date "8 Mar 1955"trams, tramways, sturt st, governors, fire station, ceremonies, tram 20

Yields information about Ballarat 's 23, then 69, ex Adelaide when decorated for the 1938 state celebrations.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a postcard featuring the 1938 Floral Tram, coloured postcard at the Sturt St City stop, March 1938. Tram decorated with waxed flowers. For the centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district in 1938. No details of who made the postcard, has space for correspondence, address and a stamp. See image i2 for rear of photograph.In pencil on rear of the postcard - "Ballarat electric tramcar / Ballarat Centenary March 1938".trams, tramways, floral tram, decorated trams, centenary, tram 69, tram 23