Sixteen page, full cover book titled "Transport - Victoria", published by the Ministry of Transport c1980 - Robert Maclellan as Minister soon after the establishment of the Ministry, combining VicRail, MMTB, TRB, CRB, MURLA, Westgate Bridge Authority, and the Railway Construction Board. Gives details of each of the component authorities, maps, their work, with the part of the Spencer St Station History of Transport Mural on the front cover.trams, tramways, mmtb, vr, vicrail, crb, transport regulation board, map

White card with folded, matt card featuring SPER Postcard (Reg. Item 544 ) pasted onto the front cover. The card has gold printing with the words "Seasons Greetings" on the front, an embossed Kookaburra and Kangaroo on the side of the inside with the words "West best wishes for Christmas and the new year. Blank produced by Nu-Colour-vue and has been cut out behind the post card caption to give details of No. 14. Has manufacturers name on rear and "29 LS" on bottom right hand corner. Card contained within envelope.trams, tramways, greetings cards, st alipius, victoria st, sper

Colour print with black border of No. 20 at the city terminus, Sturt St, late 1950's early 1960. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. and has a Penfolds sherry roof advertisement. In front of tram is the short end of section pole. Has a number of passengers walking away from the tram. In the rear are the SEC office building, Allan Bros Jewellers, RACV's, Crockers, and Tunbridge's furniture stores.sturt st, city terminus, tram 20

Black and white print of bogie tram No.35 and 28 crossing at the King St. Loop, late 1960's. No. 28 has destination of Victoria St and No. 35, View Point and a SEC roof advertisement. "Everything's under control in my all-electric kitchen". Photo by John Phillips. tramways, trams, king st, victoria st, tram 28, tram 35

Yields information about the use of the trams in Bridge St - the major shopping strip at the time in Ballarat, shows the nature of the strip, the passengers (all ladies) and the motor cars in use at the time.Black and white print of No. 28, picking up four lady passengers at the junction in Bridge St, Stones Corner. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. Photo taken late 1960's, early 1970's. In the photo are the Bank of NSW buildings, Gear Chemist and Hotel on the Corner of Peel and Bridge Sts. Print and photo by John Phillips. Second copy added 13/4/2009 - see history .1 - Black and White photograph mounted on heavy cardboard backing, used for display purposes. On rear of second print - "Copyright John Phillips 1968 Bridge St" and in bottom right hand corner "William Scott" and address label.tramways, trams, bridge st, stones corner, passengers, tram 28

Black and white print of No. 14, with destination of Victoria St, running north from the Gardens Crossing Loop in Wendouree Parade, through the Botanical Gardens. Photo taken early 1970's. Believed that the print and photo by Peter Bruce tramways, trams, wendouree parade, gardens, tram 14

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

35mm slide, square format mounted in a "Kodak " cardboard slide mount with Kodak logos and printing of the two SEC Ballarat crew standing in front of No. 31, prior to running out at the depot, tram has the destination of Victoria St. Possibly the last day of Victoria St - Taken 23/8/1971 - the last Sunday of full operations? Has date of "Sep 71" and "12" stamped onto the slide.tramways, trams, crews, ballarat, sec crews, personnel, depot, tram 31

35mm slide, square format mounted in a "Kodak " cardboard slide mount with Kodak logos and printing of No. 13 at the Victoria St. terminus. Tram has the destination of "Gardens via Sturt St. West. Taken 23/8/1971 - the last Sunday of full operations? Has date of "Sep 71" and "14" stamped onto the slide.tramways, trams, victoria st, tram 13

Set of three black and white prints of MMTB Scrubber No. 8 early 1970's. .1 - Arts Centre area, St Kilda Road .2 - Dandenong Road, about to use the crossover just to the west of Glenferrie Road .3 - using the crossing. Has the Hoyts picture theatre on the corner of Glenferrie and Dandenong Roads in the background. On Agfa paper. Photo by E. G. Butland - Ron Scholten - provided a written note re Ellen Butland - in with worksheet - 5th women driver in Melbourne, worked from Kew, now lives in NZ and drove buses in Auckland. See Donated by Ron Scholten to BTM 11/2005 See Destination City - renumbering of No. 8 to 8W took place during 1975.1 - "E.G. Butland" stamped in black ink on rear. .2 - as above, "Wattletree Road" stamped in public in three places, along with address blacked out and the words "please return to" in pencil and in the top left hand corner "No.8 Victoria Pde" in pencil. .3 - "E.G. Butland" stamped in black ink on rear., "D. Menzies / 237 Wattletree Road, Malvern Vic. 3144."tramways, trams, scrubber tram, dandenong road, st kilda road, tram 8, tram 8w

Colour photograph of SEC No. 27 at Gardens Loop, Wendouree Parade. Has the tram stop with boards etc, Gardens Kiosk in the background. Tram has the destination of Victoria St and a "Nothing Beats Briquettes for Heat" roof advertisement. Photo by John Murray, c1969.On rear, written in black ink "SECV Ballarat No. 27 c1969 C7"wendouree parade, gardens loop, tram 27

Colour photograph, printed on a postcard back format of SEC Ballarat No. 40, to the east of the King St Loop in Victoria St. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. Taken from a motor car travelling in the same direction. Conductor on footstep, signalling cars to stop.trams, tramways, victoria st, tram 21, tram 40

Colour photograph, printed on a postcard back format of SEC Ballarat No. 40 crossing No. 21 at the King St. loop. No. 40 outward bound, with destination of Victoria St, and No. 21, showing Special - tram tour. No. 21 has a yellow background Twin Lakes sign on front dash panel.trams, tramways, king st, victoria st, tram 41, tram 42

Single preprinted sheet titled "The Electric Supply Company of Victoria Ltd" , "Weekly Time Sheet". Prepared for a week ending date, name of workman, occupation, and time details with week commencing Wednesday. Space provided for certification, and office use. Ruled in red, black and line blue lines. Not known when used by ESCo.trams, tramways, esco, times

Laminated paper poster titled "Salute to Australia Pageant", for the Australia Day Holiday 1/2/1982, to be held in the Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens. Features numerous silhouette out images of people, various Victorian and Edwardian transport equipment on a colour background. On the bottom edge has the sponsor names, The Age, Ansett Airlines, Bank of New South Wales, Coverlid and Davies, Gas and Fuel, State of Victoria, Heinz, Myer, State Insurance Office, Qantas, and the Public Transport Corporation.trams, tramways, australia day, pageant, btps, melbourne

Black and white photograph mounted onto black cardboard backing (blue back cardboard) of SEC Ballarat No. 20 following the collision with a semi trailer in Victoria St. Ballarat on Sept 16, 1970. See item Reg. No. 1088 for full details and newspaper publication of this photograph. Shows the tram after the event. Has a set of truck wheels in the foreground. Photograph probably taken by the Courier at the same time as Reg. Item 1089.trams, tramways, accidents, tram 20, collision, victoria st, tram 20

Black and white photograph mounted onto black cardboard backing (blue back cardboard) of SEC Ballarat No. 20 following the collision with a semi trailer in Victoria St. Ballarat on Sept 16, 1970. See item Reg. No. 1088 for full details and newspaper publication of this photograph. Shows the tram after the event. Shows the remains of the roof, and some of the equipment. Photograph probably taken by the Courier at the same time as Reg. Item 1089.trams, tramways, accidents, tram 20, collision, victoria st, tram 20

Set of A4 photocopies of 15 years of annual reports of The Electric Supply Company of Victoria Limited from 1920 to 1934. Most of the reports comprise three sheets - Directors Report, left hand side of the Balance Sheet, Trading Account and Profit and Loss Account on the right hand side. Some reports have a statutory declaration by the Manager and Secretary that the reports submitted are a true copy of the report. Items .1 to .12 detail the number of lamps connected, passengers carried and trading account for the last three years. This practice stopped when ESCo sold the company to the SEC but continued to manage it for a further four years. The Directors report from 9/1900 note the forthcoming sale of the company to the British Insulated Wire Company Limited and the problems of finalising the sale. Photocopies from the Public Records Office of Victoria, Company Reports, obtained by Alan Bradley c1995. All three sheets, unless noted otherwise. .1 - 1919 - 1920 .2 - 1920 - 1921 .3 - 1921 - 1922 .4 - 1922 - 1923 .5 - 1923 - 1924 .6 - 1924 - 1925 .7 - 1925 - 1926 - four sheets .8 - 1926 - 1927 .9 - 1927 - 1928 - four sheets .10 - 1928 - 1929 .11 - 1929 - 1930 .12 - 1930 - 1931 - four sheets .13 - 1931 - 1932 - four sheets .14 - 1932 - 1933 .15 - 1933 - 1934 Items separated by yellow coloured A4 sheets.trams, tramways, esco, british insulated wire company, annual reports, directors reports

Photocopy of a four page document, from the Public Records Office of Victoria, c1995 of the Statutory Declaration verifying the Liquidator's Statement of the winding up of the Ballaarat Tramway Company (Horse Tramway) 27/11/1903. Made under the Victorian Companies Act of 1896. First page - cover page - with Victorian Company Registrar General's stamp. Second page - Statutory declaration Third and Fourth page - statement of accounts over two pages giving details of the realization and disbursements and an analysis of balance. Gives details of dividends to share holders - 10/- share on 21/1/1903 and final dividend of 1/2d per share on 17/7/1903.trams, tramways, ballaarat tramway company, horse tram, winding up, liquidators statement

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in England" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 1/1954. Photo of Ballarat No. 21 at the intersection of Bridge, Victoria St and Main St, turning into Main Rd from Bridge St. Tram has the destination of Mt. Pleasant. Buildings in the background are Stones stores, Rickson's Paint (?). Advertising for ANZ bank, Kodak film. For high resolution scan see btm2817h.tif "Sturt St Ballarat" "1/54"tramways, trams, bridge st, main st, stones corner, victoria st, tram 21

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in England" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 1/1954. Photo of Ballarat No. 42, Wendouree Parade at Gardens Loop. Tram has a destination of Victoria St. For high resolution scan see btm2822h.tif "Gardens Ballarat" "1/54"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, gardens loop, tram 42

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in England" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 1/1954. Photo of Ballarat No. 40, on the Wendouree Parade, SEC Depot fan or track, possibly being shunted within depot, as driver not in SEC uniform. Tram has a destination of Victoria St. For high resolution scan see btm2823h.tif "Depot Ballarat" "1/54"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, sec depot, depot, tram 40

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in England" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 1/1954. Photo of Ballarat No. 14, leaving the Victoria Ave. or View Point Loop, Wendouree Parade, northbound past the View Point Hotel to the View Point terminus. Note the wiring through the loop has been altered to run via the straight track only. See Reg Item 5514 for Wal Jacks notes on this removal of the trolley wire. "View Point Ballarat" "1/54"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, view point, victoria ave loop, tram 14

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 5/4/1958. Has slide No. "16" stamped in red in top corner. Photo of the No. 41 and 21 at the Victoria St terminus, with another single truck tram behind. No. 21 has destination of Special. Both trams are carrying the AETA special car auxiliary signs. Passengers are walking across to the service car - note the level of traffic on the main highway to Melbourne. Group of AETA travellers standing on the right hand side of the photo. Meagher's Hotel can be seen on the left hand side. Note the tram stop signage at the terminus. For high resolution scan see btm2849h.tif"Victoria St line" "5-4-58"tramways, trams, victoria st, aeta, tram 21, tram 41

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 5/4/1958. Has slide No. "17" stamped in red in top corner. Photo of Ballarat No. 14, passing through the King St. Loop, Victoria St., inbound to the City. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St. West. "Victoria St line" "5-4-58"tramways, trams, victoria st, king st, tram 14

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 5/4/1958. Has slide No. "18" stamped in red in top corner. Photo of Ballarat No. 41, pass through the King St. Loop, Victoria St., inbound to the City. Tram has the destination of Special and has the AETA special tram sign. Note the garden beds. For high resolution scan see btm2851h.tif"Victoria St line" "5-4-58"tramways, trams, victoria st, king st, aeta, tram 41

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 8/4/1958. Has slide No. "3" stamped in black in top corner. Photo of Ballarat No. 14 inbound in Drummond St. North, approaching Sturt St, at Hospital Corner, Drummond St. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. Photo taken after tram has passed photographer. For high resolution scan see btm2862.tif "Drummond St N Ballarat" / "8-4-58"tramways, trams, drummond st nth, tram 14

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 8/4/1958. Has slide No. "6" stamped in black in top corner. Photo of Ballarat No. 20 inbound at View Point Junction, Macarthur St and Wendouree Parade. Has welding truck set up in front of tram. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. See Reg. item 2864 for photo of welding truck. "Drummond St. View Point Jtn Ballarat" / "8-4-58"tramways, trams, view point, macarthur st, wendouree parade, tram 20

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 8/4/1958. Has slide No. "9" stamped in black in top corner. Photo of Ballarat No. 19 between the Depot Loop and Martin Ave Loop, in Wendouree Parade, tram appears to have destination of Victoria St. Warning oncoming tramcar sign in the background at a tram stop. For high resolution scan see btm2868.tif"Lake Wendouree Ballarat" / "8-4-58"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, martin ave, lake wendouree, tram 19

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom. Photo taken by Ben Parle 8/4/1958. Has slide No. "11" stamped in black in top corner. Photo of Ballarat No. 14 between Forest St and the Depot, Wendouree Parade with Lake Wendouree in the background. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. For high resolution scan see btm2870.tif"Lake Wendouree Ballarat" / "8-4-58"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, forest st, lake wendouree, tram 14