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Domestic Object - Fridge Magnet, Hale Imports Pty Ltd, mid 1990's?
Fridge Magnet, featuring a photo image of Ballarat No. 14 contained within a Perfection Fridge Magnet sales holder. Provided by Perfection plate, same image on Reg Item No. 3453. Has words "Ballarat Vintage Tramway" and "Ballarat Victoria" above and below the tram. trams, tramways, btm, sales, fridge magnet, ballarat vintage tramway -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Domestic Object - Fridge Magnet, mid 1990's?
Fridge Magnet, featuring a photo image of Ballarat No. 26, with details of the Museum alongside, including phone number, web site and location. Yellow background. Made by Mister Magnets. 2 copies held. trams, tramways, btm, sales, fridge magnet, ballarat vintage tramway -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Forest City Signals", 20/01/1965 12:00:00 AM
Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for the Forest City signalling system that was operated by the tram's trolley pole. Details of the locations and crossing loops where used, primarily around the loop and through Bridge St. and how it operated. Prepared and printed by the SEC during 1965.Five page, foolscap duplicated document, stapled in two locations along the top edge, titled Forest City Signals, and dated 20-1-1965, giving details about the Forest City signalling system installed in Ballarat. Explains how the system operates, gives instructions, details of the system, location of the loops, trams following each other, power failure. Also gives details of how the Bridge St system operated and the switch at Grenville St. Gives instructions for running out of the depot. Note: The locations of the signals are not as detailed as in the Driver Training Manual - See Reg Item 3486 See also Reg Item 5373 for another similar copy and fully scanned copy.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, forest city signals, grenville st, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - SEC Instruction Sheet, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Special order to Motormen, 49/1, Jan. 1965
Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for parking trams, hand overs, relief, responsibility for the security of the tram, including leaving the tram unattended. Regrettable incidents have happened. Issued 1965. Follows on from Reg item 261 an earlier version, but with less detailed instructions and no explanation.Two foolscap duplicated sheets titled "Special Order to Motormen (49/1)" giving instructions regarding 1) Responsibility (for trams), 2) Relief on the road, 3) Controller key, 4) Air brake handle, 5) leaving tram unattended with definition, general precautions, special precautions - such as parking the tram at Lydiard St North, parking trams at City Loop and 6) an explanation on the braking system at either end of the tram. Dated 25 January 1961. Printed from wax stencil and stapled along the top edge. Signed by F. K. White Manager. See Reg Item 261 for 9-1961 issue and 5371 for an undated issue.trams, tramways, ballarat, trams, secv, instructions, operations, lydiard st nth, city loop, braking -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Sign off cars at Depot - Week Days", Mar. 1970
Form used to provide information to the depot about defective trams when motormen signed off at the depot. Thought to be used in final months of the tramway system. Also used by Ray Hall as a sheet of paper to write out the details of No. 9 run for Sundays as a reference document.Duplicated typed form, S.163, titled "Sign off cars at Depot - Weekdays", for signing off defects in trams that Motorman signed off when signing off at the Depot in Wendouree Parade. Form made out for weekdays, has date/time in top right hand corner. Has Run Number and Time in pre-printed, then space for car number, defects, motorman's signature, repairs made and Foreman's Signature. Some runs detailed twice. On rear, Ray Hall has used the sheet to write out Sunday No. 9 run details, Mount Pleasant and Victoria St trips - gives sign on, meal and sign off times and notes that the trams pass at Pleasant St.trams, tramways, timetables, sec, ballarat, tramcars -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera, Ray Hall, Ballarat tram timetables, c1970
Has a strong association with tram crews and the rosters crew workings, Ray Hall. Prepared by crews from sheets to enable them to know what service times to run, meal times, details of crew changes etc, based on their allocated shift or run from the roster.Sixty (60) page notebook with brown card board covers. Each sheet faint ruled, both sides, with some additional pages fixed in. Right hand side only has the hand written details of each SEC Ballarat runs - giving sign on times, notes, timetables, which run taken or taken by, meal times, notes with regard to special instructions, finish times notes with corrections and changes. Includes weekday and Saturday runs. Sunday timetables not included in the notebook pages. Image 1 shows covers and image 2, one of the sheets with the runs printed on both side of the page. On a scrap paper, formally summary time sheets of crews, additional tables have been written in for Sat and Sun runs.trams, tramways, ballarat, rosters, employees, shifts, timetables -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, "Time to Re-Invent the Trolleybus", 1980's?
Three page foolscap photocopy of an article titled "Time to Re-Invent the Trolleybus", stapled within a manila folder. Article on two pages, July 1975 issue of the Chartered Institute of Transport Journal and a page of letters concerning the article in the November 1975 issue. Article written by E. S. Beavor, written after the first oil price shock, looking at Battery supplemented trolley buses."Time to Re-Invent the Trolleybus" written on the outside of the folder.trams, tramways, trolley buses, public transport -
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Magazine, Wellington Tramway Museum, "Tramway Topics", Oct. 1968
Yields information primarily about New Zealand tram and bus city systems and what the various NZ Museums were doing at the time. Has an article on Ballarat Horse trams and the conversion to electric.Magazine - Tramway Topics - Vol. 7, No. 5 Sep - Oct 1968 - 28 wax cut stencil duplicated pages with printed centre page of photos and printed covers, which are slightly larger in size than the internal sheets. Published by Wellington Tramway Museum, Tramway Historical Society and Tramway Division of MOTAT jointly - editor J. Wilkinson. Contains articles on Brisbane trams for Queen Elizabeth Park, Peak Tram, Auckland, Horse trams in Ballarat, Napier, Wellington and News of Museums etc.On inside of front cover in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation society Catalogue No. 111". In red ink on front cover "Ballarat p9"trams, tramways, ballarat, wellington, auckland, napier -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Wellington Tramway Museum, "Tramway Topics", Oct. 1966
Yields information primarily about New Zealand tram and bus city systems and what the various NZ Museums were doing at the time.Magazine - Tramway Topics - Vol. 5, No. 5, Oct 1966 - 40 wax cut stencil duplicated pages with printed page of photos and printed covers. Published by Wellington Tramway Museum, Tramway Historical Society - editor J. Wilkinson. Contains articles on Christchurch, Orange Empire, Auckland, Dunedin, Invercargill and Museum News.On inside of front cover in black ink "Ballarat Tramway Preservation society Catalogue No. 110".trams, tramways, christchurch, auckland, dunedin tramways, invercargill -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, J. J. Miller, ESCo 4d check ticket, early to mid 1930's
Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways ticketing system for use with the daily return from Sebastopol (See Reg Item 3494). Printed by ESCo for a specific route.ESCo 4d Check Ticket - on orange colour card. Used as check ticket in exchange for 4d daily return ticket on the return journey - (See Reg Item 3494) between Grenville St and Sebastopol. Printed by J. J. Miller Melb. Printing in black ink. Has been nipped or cancelled. trams, tramways, tickets, check ticket, esco -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, c1971
Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways operations at this intersection - Hospital Corner - unusual photograph angle - early morning photo - not a lot taken at this time, but of lower photographic quality.Colour photograph of a bogie tram in Drummond St south about to cross Sturt St - c1971, taken from the median strip early in the morning. Has the Southern Cross Hotel on the left hand side of the photograph and the liquor store in the background.sturt st, drummond st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Print/s - set of 4, Dave O'Neill?, late 1980s
Yields information through a photograph of a former Ballarat tram (No. 43) who was returned to Geelong and displayed at Queens Park as Geelong 40. Shows the location the tram was stored in and why it deteriorated by the mid 1980's.Set of four colour photographs of Geelong No. 40, Ballarat No. 43, Queens Park Geelong. .1 - shows tram in the enclosure. .2 - close up of one end - showing its Geelong number. .3 - the other end - showing its Ballarat number. .4 - Side view with white combi van in the distance - Dave O'Neil's? Taken late 1980's?geelong, queens park, newtown, tram 40 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Jul. 1972
Yields information through a photograph of the temporary track laid by the BTPS to enable the access to the depot to move trams to the new depot in 1972. Poor quality photograph.Black and white photograph - of the temporary access track to move the trams from the SEC depot to the BTPS depot - during 1973. Shows the track from the door with a tram in the distance. Taken mid July 1972, see Reg Item 3022 for other photographs. Not well exposed or printed - dark. Image has been adjusted for exposure.tramways, trams, moving trams, depot, btps -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Jul. 1972
Yields information through a photograph of the temporary track laid by the BTPS to enable the access to the depot to move trams to the new depot in 1972. Not a good quality photograph. Shows the distance of track laid.Black and white photograph - of the temporary access track to move the trams from the SEC depot to the BTPS depot - during 1973. Shows the track from Wendouree Parade with a tram and the depot in the distance. Taken mid July 1972, see Reg Item 3022 for other photographs. Not well exposed or printed - dark. Image has been adjusted for exposure.tramways, trams, moving trams, depot, btps -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 42mm slide/s - set of 2 - tram 36 being moved to Melbourne, Mrs. Williamson?, 14/09/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information through a photograph of the transportation of Ballarat No. 36 for Tourism Week in September 1971, possibly called via the home of the truck driver in Ligar St. Two large format (42mm square approx. colour positive film) within a Kodak Ektachrome Transparency (50mm sq) of Ballarat tram No. 36 enroute to Melbourne, making a house call in Ligar St Ballarat. Has the advertisements for Melbourne in position. See also Reg item 3503 of tram in Melbourne and 3432 for newspaper clipping.On both slides "14/9/71" and "Tram in Ligar St"ballarat, tramways, trams, melbourne, tourism, mmtb, ligar st, tram 36 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Ballarat No. 36 Domain Road
Yields information through a photograph of Ballarat No. 36 in Melbourne for Tourism Week in September 1971and details of the signage fitted to the tram. Also notes on its subsequent history. Colour postcard with serrated edges of Ballarat No. 36, after closure of the Ballarat system, in Melbourne, Domain Road for Tourism Week, promoting Ballarat. See Reg item 3501 for photos of its transport to Melbourne and 3432 for a newspaper clipping and 3546 for other photos in the same location. Photo shows details of the banners and roof advertisements. Has destination of Sebastopol. Produced for the TMSV by Nulcolorvue Productions Pty Ltd, NCV 740. On rear has details of the tram and its acquisition by the TMSV via the Hawthorn City Council. For an Keith Kings photograph in a similar location see Reg Item 6513.trams, tramways, melbourne, tourism, mmtb, tmsv, domain road -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1/02/1975 12:00:00 AM
Has strong association with the event of the official opening of the BTPS in 1975 and the people who spoke at that event.Black and white photograph of the opening ceremony of the Ballarat Tramway Museum's Ballarat Vintage Tramway on 1st Feb 1975. Either the Mayor, Sir Arthur Nicholson or Mr Charles Trethowan SEC Chairman speaking. Also on stage Maurie Calnin and Clyde Croft.tramways, trams, opening, btps, ballarat vintage tramway -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1/02/1975 12:00:00 AM
Has strong association with the event of the official opening of the BTPS in 1975, the trams used and the people who spoke at that event.Black and white photograph of the line up of trams, led by No. 40 in Wendouree Parade during the opening ceremony of the Ballarat Tramway Museum's Ballarat Vintage Tramway on 1st Feb 1975.tramways, trams, opening, btps, ballarat vintage tramway, tram 40 -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 18/07/1972 12:00:00 AM
Demonstrates an aspect of the BTPS works on relocating trams ex the SEC depot in the nick of time - as the depot was being demolished. Shows the structure of the depot.Black and White photograph of Ballarat No. 38 inside the SEC depot, following the commencement of the demolition works prior to relocation to the BTPS depot, possibly on 18/7/1972, the day of its relocation.tramways, trams, moving trams, depot, sec depot, btps, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Badge - 1918 Ballarat Christian Convention badge, Sept. 2018
Has a strong association with a Church of England Convention in 1918, shows a scene of Sturt St Ballarat with a tram. Would have acted as a souvenir of the convention.Button badge, 32diameter, plastic back, metal image front, green border, pressed on with steel spike pin, for the 1918 Ballarat Christian Convention badge. Has an image of Sturt St looking west from the Post Office, with an ESCo tram and ex horse tram trailer in the bottom section of the badge. Has words "12th Australasian C.E. Convention 1918 Ballarat Vic. Sept 18 - 26" See also Reg Item 3361 for another version of the same convention badge.tramways, trams, badges, conferences, christian, esco -
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Ephemera - Ticket, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC 4d transfer - Wal Jack Collection, 1937
Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat tramways and how they were presented at the commencement of the SEC fare system.Paper ticket - 4d Transfer - faded ex light green paper, blue over printed fare and ticket prefix. See Reg Item 3060 for details of this ticket in Bendigo and how it was used. Early SEC ticket. Ticket No. Aa 250690. Reg Item 3060.trams, tramways, secv, ticket, transfer tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC 3d - Wal Jack Collection, 1937?
Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat tramways and how they were presented at the commencement of the SEC fare system.Paper ticket - 3d light red paper, blue over printed fare and ticket prefix. Early SEC ticket. Ticket No. An927392. Also See Reg Item 1766 for another example of this ticket. See Reg Item 3060.trams, tramways, secv, ticket, transfer tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), BTM 3d, Dec. 2007
Block of 100 tickets, 3d, Ballarat Vintage Tramway, A00001 to A000100. Printed on white paper, black ink with the "3d" and A prefix in red ink. Issued commencing 1 January 2008, to replace the 80c child single journey ticket. Stapled with a heavy staple at the top of the ticket onto a heavy brown cardboard sheet. With worksheet is a "Notice to Traffic Staff", issued by the Operations Manager, 26/10/2007. On the rear is a note regarding the BTM and contact details. 4028.1 - Block A7001 to A7100 - different style of printing the ticket number - provided to Archives by G. Young 3/2009.trams, tramways, tickets, btm -
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Document - Photocopy, Alan Bradley, "Man Injured", Apr. 2005
Yields information about the removal of the tram track and consequences of poor practices that led to the injury of a person.Photocopy of an article in The Courier, 10-2-1972, titled "Man Injured", regarding the injury of James Wood of Wendouree, when a rail partially slipped from the crane and trapping him during the removal of the rails at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St corner the previous day. Has a photo of the ambulance vehicle and people looking on..trams, tramways, closure, demolition, track removal, sturt st -
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Document - Photocopy, Alan Bradley, "Getting ready for the Festival", Apr. 2005
Yields information about the people involved in the construction of the BTPS Depot trackwork.Photocopy of a photograph from The Courier, 26/2/1973, of seven BTPS workers working on the crossover between 2 and 3 roads at the BTPS depot, in order to prepare the area for the Begonia Festival.trams, tramways, btps, trackwork, track construction, depot -
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Document - Photocopy, Alan Bradley, "Early payment on Sebastopol trams", Apr. 2005
Yields information about the payment by the SEC to the Borough of Sebastopol to remove the tram tracks.Photocopy of an item from The Courier, late 1971/ early 1972, titled "Early payment on Sebastopol trams", about the early payment of $21,000 as part of the $61,000 payment to the Borough of Sebastopol for work to remove the tram lines and provide bus bays. Noted that the Council expected to have the major portion of Albert St reconstructed during the year. Payment period reduced from eight to three years.trams, tramways, track removal, borough of sebastopol, sec -
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Document - Photocopy, Alan Bradley, "Society Biggest in Australia", Apr. 2005
Yields information about the formation of the BTPS and its membership and activities.Photocopy of an item from The Courier, early 1972, titled ""Society Biggest in Australia", about the BTPS being the largest Society of its type in Australia with a membership of 280 people. Notes the first Co-Operative meeting had been held with George Netherway appointed as Chairman and that the BTPS will be participating in a TMSV Moomba exhibition.trams, tramways, btps, btps co-operative -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Research Notes, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), "SEC wheel tyre - some historical notes", Apr. 2004
Yields information about the development of the wheel profiles in Ballarat and other SEC tramways.Set of research notes - A4 sheets, titled "SEC wheel tyre - some historical notes", prepared 10/4/2005. Comprises: 1. Two page of notes, including references, giving SEC profiles, MMTB profile, Tyres before conforming to Geelong practices and tyre as conforming to Geelong tramway's practice. 2. Email between Warrington Cameron and Warren Doubleday dated 10/4/2005 3. Email between C. Tooke and K. Smith dated 15/3/2005 4. SEC drawing VW4/? - Tramway Tyres - copied from MMTB drawings 5. MMTB drawing R2624A 6. SEC drawing 7515/6 - Maximum Traction Tyre, 22E, 33" driver wheel tyre. trams, tramways, wheels, tyres, profiles, sec -
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Document - Report, Stella Barber, "Significance Assessment - The Ballarat Historic Tramway Museum and its Collections Oct. 2007", Jan. 2008
Yields information about the BTM collection as at 2007 and has a strong association with the work of Stella Barber.Seventy One page report, within plastic front cover and black card rear cover, wire bound, titled "Significance Assessment - The Ballarat Historic Tramway Museum and its Collections Oct. 2007". Written by Stella Barber of SMB Wordsmith for the BTM with a grant from Heritage Victoria. Completed Oct. 2007. Examines the significance overall of the BTM collection, has many illustrations of objects within the collection and looks at their significance from a Museum point of view. Illustration in black and white and colour. Document held on CD as well. Page 71 has notes on Stella Barber with a photograph. Copy printed by BTM 1/2008. trams, tramways, btm, significance, collection management, collection -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, Alan Bradley, "Tram smashes into tree", mid 1990's
Yields information about tramway accidents in Drummond St Ballarat, during the SEC era and in particular on in 1941 when a tram was derailed and hit a tree resulting in substantial damage. Significance is reduced by the quality of the photocopy but gives the source details.Photocopy of a photograph that appeared in The Courier, Ballarat newspaper of 2-12-1941 of tram No. 24 that had collided with a truck at corner of Drummond Sth and Dana St the previous day. Refer to Reg Item 4045 for further details. Shows the tram in collision with the tree and boys on bicycles around tram. See Reg item 4046 for another photograph of the same accident - ex The Age newspaper. Collected by Alan Bradley from State Library - see note on Reg Item 4045.trams, tramways, accidents, collision, drummond st, dana st