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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, British Engineering Standards Association, Set of four British Standards, 1918 to 1924
.1 - Book - 20 pages + light grey cover, side stapled, issued by the British Engineering Standards Committee, British Standard Specification for "Keys and Keyways". Dated April 1918. Has standard Number 46-1909. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. .2 - Book - 16 pages + light grey cover, cotton stitched on side, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "BS Fine Bolts, Hexagon Bolts, Set Screws, Nuts, split-pins, washers and studs". Dated Feb. 1925. Has standard Number 191-1924. Provides materials specification, tables, and an index. .3 - Book - 8 pages + light grey cover, cotton stitched on the side, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "Identification colors for Engine Room Piping". Dated May 1929. Has standard Number 3011-1924. Provides index and colours of piping to be used and Identification. .4 - Book - 16 pages + light grey cover, cotton stitched on side, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for "BS Whitworth Bolts, Hexagon Bolts, Set Screws, Nuts, split-pins, washers and studs". Dated Feb. 1925. Has standard Number 190-1924. Provides materials specification, tables, and an index. Document scanned as a pdf 4/2025..1 has the stamp of the "Tait Book Co. 90 William St. Melbourne" on the lower edge and in the top right corner, the ESCo Ballarat company stamp. .2 - has the stamp of the Standard Association of Australia, endorsing the document as an Australian Standard, B49-1932, and has the ESCo Ballarat company stamp with dated 17 April 1934. .3 - has the stamp of the Standard Association of Australia, endorsing the document as an Australian Standard, F1 - 1931, the label of "J. Ewins & Sons, Booksellers, Ballarat on the lower left-hand corner of the cover and the name "R. S. Coy"? in pencil on the top right-hand corner. .4 - has the stamp of the Standard Association of Australia, endorsing the document as an Australian Standard, B48-1932 and has the ESCo Ballarat company stamp with dated 17 April 1934.trams, tramways, engineers, bolts, power station, workshops -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document, Walter J K Dunstan et al, "Notes on development of tramways in Ballarat and Bendigo", March 1963
Document contains two separate items: 1 - "Notes on the genesis and development of the electric light and tramways of the cities of Ballarat and Bendigo" by W J K Dunstan of Ballarat. Read to the Ballarat Historical Society. Item dated on page 5 as 12/3/1963. Paper looks at the history of tramways in both Ballarat and Bendigo, ESCo, development, history, wages, the SECV, personalities, staff, electricity, power generation and horse tramways. 2 - Handwritten extracts from the Mayor's report to the Town of Malvern / Prahran about the formation and early operation of the PMTT. Compiled by Bob Prentice. Names listed on page 5: P E S Cooper - Bendigo Manager George Smith Morrison - ditto Benjamin Deakin - ESCo E J Cochrane - Bendigo E C Gurr Geelong W J Home - Co. Solicitor P J Pringle Tom Pringle A E Ford - Depot Foreman Bendigo W Knox Accountant L W West Foreman Bendigo J H Nesbit Bendigo Accountant C Coxgrove, - depot foreman Ballarat Harry Foy - ditto Chris Hodgson - ditto H C Evans Bendigo Traffic Supt H P James Ballarat Supt A V Mawby - ditto D Maxwell - Engineer Ballarat C F Cole - Engineer R F Dixon - Manager Ballarat Geo Laurens - Mains Foreman C J Callister - apprentice to Power Station Supt.Yields information about the history of Ballarat and Bendigo tramways prepared by W J K Dunstan.Manila folder containing a typed report and handwritten notes, stapled on the left hand side.tramways, bendigo, ballarat, local history, esco, secv, operations, staff -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - SECV Welding truck - View Point, Ben Parle, 8/04/1958
Photo taken by Ben Parle 8/4/1958. Photo of the SEC Ballarat Ford welding truck, at the intersection of Macarthur St and Wendouree Parade, View Point Junction. Note tram stop signage. Three SEC workers in view, with road signage set up and truck connected to the overhead for welding work. Note bicycle leaning against truck. Welder - Weld. See Reg Item 7700 for another photo of the truck in the Power Station yard and 10003 at Lydiard St level crossing. For high resolution scan see btm2864.tif Yields information about the use of the SECV welding truck to repair rail joints or the rail head.Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak" top and bottom."Drummond St. and View Point Junction Ballarat" / "8-4-58". Has slide No. "5" stamped in black in top corner.tramways, trams, rails, welding, trucks -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 27mm sq, Andrew Howlett, SEC Ford Welding truck Power Station yard, Dec. 1969
Photograph developed Dec 1969 of the SEC Ford Welding truck, complete with Trolley Pole in the Power Station yard. Welder, weld. Note the hand vice on the front bumper bar and the hand operated turn and stop signal device. See Reg Item 2864 for a view of this truck at work at View Point and 10003 working at the Lydiard St Level crossing.Yields information about SEC Ballarat Welding truck fitted with a trolley pole.Colour slides, Kodak white cardboard mount.ballarat, tramways, trams, sec, trackwork, welding -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph, The Courier Ballarat, "Last Ballarat tram goes to Maryborough", 16/3/1973
... the storage of trams at the Ballarat North Power Station following ...Black and white The Courier photograph print of the photograph of tram No. 32 being lifted onto a low loader for transport to Maryborough. Published in The Courier 17/3/1973. See item 953A for the newspaper clippings.Yields information about the storage of trams at the Ballarat North Power Station following closure of the SEC operated tram system, period to delivery of the tram to its next owner. Has a strong association with the crane company of the time.Black and White photograph by The Courier.trams, tramways, maryborough, tram disposal, secv, tram 32 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, Maryborough next stop for tram 32, 17/3/1973
... about the storage of trams at the Ballarat North Power Station ...953.1 - photo of tram 32 being lifted and a low loader being positioned under the tram. Appeared on page 1 of Courier. Caption notes as the last tram to be given away and Mr. Bob Davies directing the move and that he has assisted in many of the moves so far. 953.2 - continuation of page 1 item on page 2 - about tram 32 being given to the Maryborough Chamber of Commerce. Mentions trams in the care of the BTPS, Lake Goldsmith and other organisations. Quotes SEC Administrative Officer Mr Norm Pearson. 953.3 - as for .1 and .2, but entire front page from The Courier. See item 953 for original photograph ex The Courier. Yields information about the storage of trams at the Ballarat North Power Station following closure of the SEC operated tram system, period to delivery of the tram to its next owner. Has a strong association with the crane company of the time.Newspaper clippings from The Courier, dated 17/3/1973dates in blue ink of "17/3/73" near top right-hand corner of both cuttings.trams, tramways, maryborough, tram disposal, secv, tram 32