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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, William R. Pollock, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, "Melbourne Cable Tramways - Details of Construction and Operation of the Power Houses and Track", 1930's?
Report - 54 pages, photocopied from an original, black comb bound with front clear plastic cover and rear mania cover titled "Melbourne Cable Tramways - Details of Construction and Operation of the Power Houses and Track". Compiled by William R. Pollock, MMTB Power House Superintendent. Report not dated, possibly late to mid 1930's. Consists of 12 pages of notes on the power house, cable operation and repairs, the grip and other aspects of operation, along with 26 appendices of drawings of equipment and parts of the cable tram system. Published by the MMTB. For full copy see the pdf document. See also Reg Item 2129 re Mr. Pollock's employment.trams, tramways, cable trams, mmtb, grip tram, winding houses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, I. Macmeikan, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, "Melbourne Cable Tramways - General Report on their Construction Operation and Maintenance", mid 1950's?
Report - 114 pages, photocopied from an original, black comb bound with front clear plastic cover and rear mania cover titled "Melbourne Cable Tramways - General Report on their Construction Operation and Maintenance", prepared by I. Macmeikan - Assistant Superintendent Cable workshops 1920 - 1930 and Manager Preston Workshops 1951 - 1956. Has details of the construction of the system, car depots, car workings and maintenance, power houses or winding houses or engine houses, route colours, parts for the trams, grip mechanisms and its operations including the actual calculations for their operation. Published by the MMTB.trams, tramways, cable trams, mmtb, grip tram, winding houses, operations -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Sands and McDougall Pty Ltd, "Map of Melbourne and Suburbs showing Tramways, Railways, Streets, postal districts, Quarter-Mile Radii etc", c1930
Produced by Sands and McDougall Pty Ltd of Collins St Melbourne. Map - folded sheet of paper 5 sections wide x 6 sections or folds deep contained within a dark grey paper cover titled "Map of Melbourne and Suburbs showing Tramways, Railways, Streets, postal districts, Quarter-Mile Radii etc", showing both cable and electric tramways. verted, but not Market St to Port Melbourne or South Melbourne. Shows the Collins St line being constructed. Collins St routes were opened late 1929, map produced during the early 1930's prior to the closure of Market St - Port Melbourne. Has a detailed list of the postal districts.trams, tramways, maps, melbourne, cable trams, tramways, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Department of Public Works, correspondence between the years 1904 and 1930 relating to tramway, 14/01/1958 12:00:00 AM
Letter and copy of a list - from the Department of Public Works - dated 14/1/1958 forwarding a list to Mr. McComb of records of correspondence between the years 1904 and 1930 relating to tramways in the Melbourne Metropolitan Area. These records had been forwarded to the State Library of Victoria Archives Branch.trams, tramways, tramways, mmtb, lists, index, records -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, Timeline of tramway development Melbourne, mid 1930's
Quarto plan sheet with hand written notes for the development of the drawings referred to in Reg Item 2153 - from 1906 to 1929, years 1930 and 1935 not completed. In the top right hand corner has the colour code to be used.trams, tramways, times, cable trams, railways, tramways, melbourne, maps -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Studio Photograph, Oscar Reginald Turner Conductor, c1908
Digital Image of cable tram conductor Oscar Reginald Turner, possibly soon after starting as a conductor with the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. - see Reg Item 1930, in Feb. 1908. Possibly a studio photograph. Note the badges, pins for holding the tickets, cap, buttons, uniform in detail. i2 - tiff file, i3 - a small jpg file. See images i4 to i7 for a copy of his cable tram service - from VPRS 12737/P2/6 pages 560 and 642 accessed at the Public Records Office of Victoria on 31-3-2017 See Reg Item 2900 for leather buckle and some safety pins.trams, tramways, mto co, conductors, uniforms, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Victorian Parliament, "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Proposed Kew to Doncaster Electric Railway Extension", Dec. 1930
Printed - 12 page foolscap, stapled on left hand side, 2 sections, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Proposed Kew to Doncaster Electric Railway Extension", together with minutes of evidence, book of reference, plan and map, dated 4/12/1930. References a 1928 document, looks at construction costs, sites for railway stations, estimated revenue and expenditure, existing Kew line financials, town planning, bus services, MMTB input, tram services, alternatives, committee views, recommendations and a map of proposed routes, showing roads and tram services. Includes references to the Kodak estate and APM proposals at Fairfield. See Reg Item 2102.3 for the 1928 report.trams, tramways, doncaster, railways, public transport, kew -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, late 1930's?
Black and white "real" photograph of Collins St Melbourne looking East from Russell St with the Town Hall and Manchester Unity buildings in the background. Has two W class trams and many motor cars in the view. Late 1930's? Photo has title "Collins Street, Melbourne" on base. No details as to photographer.trams, tramways, collins st, melbourne town hall -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Kevin O'Reilly, Kew Junction from the north east, towards the city, c1930's
Image from CD (Compact Diskette for use in computers) - see Reg Item 135. Image titled "Kew Junction' on CD, of looking Kew Junction from the north east, towards the city, shows the Kew railway station precinct. Has a inbound W class tram picking up passengers at the Kew Post Office. A summer day. Possibly late 1920's, early 1930's.trams, tramways, kew, kew junction, kew post office, high st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Kevin O'Reilly, "Merri Creek on CD, of looking from above Rushall station towards Clifton Hill Station, c1930's
Image from CD (Compact Diskette for use in computers) - see Reg Item 135. Image titled "Merri Creek on CD, of looking from above Rushall station towards Clifton Hill Station with the Merri Creek on the left side of the photo. Shows cable trams in Queens Parade, cable trams shunting, the Clifton Hill cable tram depot, and the railway bridge over Merri Creek. 1930's? Photo has lots of white spots on the image.trams, tramways, merri creek, clifton hill, rushall station, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Kevin O'Reilly, looking west over St Kilda Junction from Prahran, Late 1920's
... in photograph. Late 1920's or early 1930's - all tram tracks electric.... in photograph. Late 1920's or early 1930's - all tram tracks electric ...Image from CD (Compact Diskette for use in computers) - see Reg Item 135. Image titled "St Kilda 1" on CD, of looking west over St Kilda Junction from Prahran. Has St Kilda tramway Jtn (St Kilda Road, Fitzroy St, Barkly St, Brighton Road, Wellington St and Punt Road in the photograph, along with St Kilda Railway Station and the "Junction Oval". No trams visible in photograph. Late 1920's or early 1930's - all tram tracks electric.trams, tramways, st kilda junction, st kilda railway station, fitzroy st, brighton rd -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph - mounted, 1930
Mounted black and white photograph of the Kew Tram Depot cricket team for the 1929-1930 mounted onto a light grey card with two dark grey edges and one decorative edge. Has 13 players in cricket gear, the manager in a suit and once player is holding a child. This person has a cap on with a "KTCC" metal badge.On rear in pencil "Kew Running Shed Season 1929-30"trams, tramways, kew depot, sports, cricket -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, The Age, Keith Kings, Herald Sun, Australian Home Beautiful, recovery of tram bodies 12 Kilara Road Mentone, 1982
Collection of Personal Papers regarding the sale and recovery of tram bodies 12 Kilara Road Mentone in 1982. Comprises: 1 - letter to the TMSV dated 28/4/1982, to the TMSV from Duncan & Weller for auction on 29/5/1982. 2 - Newspaper from The Age, 12/5/1982 regarding the forthcoming article 3 - Photocopy of an article from March 1, 1930 The Australian Home Beautiful titled "A House Built from tram cars, by W. A. Somerset 4 - Set of five photographs and negative of the above article, possibly by the State Library. In an orange folder addressed to Mr. Kings. 5 - Newspaper item the Herald, Sat 28/8/1982, "House of the rising tram" reporting on the removal of the tram bodies from this house by the TMSV. Has a photo of the TMSV Chairman, Hamish Haugh removing a shower fitting. Item folded.trams, tramways, mmtb, pmtt, mentone, tramcars, melbourne, houses, sale of land -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Block Mounted Photograph, Surrey Hill Neighbourhood Centre, 1926
Photograph - mounted onto a heavy card, numbered 65-575 in the top right hand corner of Whitehorse Road Balwyn, looking east from near corner of Balwyn Road in 1926. Notes that the image is courtesy of the TMSV. See image i2 for the actual photograph. 4673.1 - loose print of the photograph with the words on the rear: "Melbourne / Whitehorse Road, eastwards at Balwyn Road, Balwyn (Building at left with domed tower is on north west corner). Probably early 1930's.On rear in ink "Copied for Keith Kings, Nov. 2002" and the "Surrey Hill Neighbourhood Centre" stamp.trams, tramways, whitehorse road, balwyn -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1935
Photograph, Black and White, of MMTB C Class C26, Camberwell Depot, mid 1930's. Note the sign inside the front passenger door asking passengers not to obstruct the entrance.In ink on the rear: "M&MTB C-26, Camberwell Depot, 1930's(?) Period 1932 to 1935" KSK print number SA937"trams, tramways, c class, pmtt, camberwell depot, tram 26 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1930's
Photograph - Black and white of a cable tram in Royal Parade or Sydney Road with the destination of Brunswick. Cable tram has four uniformed personnel on board, including an Inspector who appears to be doing a ticket check. The conductor can be seen at the back of the tram behind the person peering out. The bogie trailer (483) is one that was spliced together from two six window horse trams. Grip Car No. 423 - can be read on the front right hand pillar. Would appear to have been a posed photo. 2nd copy added 18/3/2021 - larger printIn ink on the rear: "M&MTB Cable grip Car No. 423 and Bogie Trailer No. 483 (spliced from two six-window horse cars Sydney Rd. 1930's " KSK print number SA931. one rear of 2nd copy "H227" in pencil, "150L 88% B/W" and "MMTB"trams, tramways, cable trams, sydney rd, brunswick, horse trams, royal parade, mto co, tram 483, tram 423 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, "Car Data - Trucks and Motors", c1930
Handwritten list titled "Car Data - Trucks and Motors", listing the various MMTB trucks or bogies, type, car and class, wheel size, length, axle diameter, motor type and horsepower, weight with or without motors. Lists Brill Trucks, Single Trucks, and bogie trucks up to W3 or No. 9B trucks. Not known who prepared this list, could have been copied from a MMTB drawing. W3's built late 1930.trams, tramways, lists, trucks, bogies, brill trucks, mmtb, motors, w3 class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, late 1920's
Black and white photograph, sepia toned of an W class (383 or 363), east bound in Flinders St, prior to the fitting of route number boxes, c1928-1930.. In the background is Hartley's Sports store with a large crowd milling out onto the street, the City Auction Mart and to the east, The Empire Arcade building. No known details of the photographer or date.trams, tramways, flinders st, w class, tram 363, tram 383 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1926
Black and white photograph of the construction of the tram track in St Kilda Road, during 1925 or 1926 by the Foundation Construction Ltd, with a concrete mixer tracked vehicle and two aggregate or crushed rock trucks. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H514. Note: this photo is now out of copyright and was not an original VR photograph, but one copied from another source and collected as their Heritage series. See Image 3674i2 and 3674i3 for a digital image of the card photograph at the PRO on 7/1/2019 that this photograph comes from. Further notes from Rod Atkins 11/7/2019: The cement mixer was state of the art machine at the time. "Buddy" in the USA were making them but this one is slightly different and may have been made by a company call AAC in Sheffield U.K. You can just make out the word " ….field" etc … on the water tank . The sign; now this is very interesting. "The Foundation Company" is the Australian company of the one in London.. from The Argus at the time. run by no less than by Herbert Del Cott Ply Ltd. (you can just make that out in the bottom line of the sign.) A rather interesting person in Melbourne society between the wars. His name pops up a lot in The Argus. was not short of a pound either.... Had his "Buick" stolen from Russell Street in 1920. Had some issues with wages on Wellington Street conversion. Looks to have run a electrical business before seeing opportunity with cable tram replacement coming up. In the 1930' lived in Stevenson Street, Kew. Travelled a lot to Europe. (Austria) …..Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 514" in ink on rear and "2-1"trams, tramways, st kilda rd, trackwork, construction, conversion -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph/s - mounted, c1930
Mounted photograph of members of the "Tramway Cricket Club" at the North Melbourne Football club, c1930. Has some details on the rear of the photograph. Features 11 men in whites, one in a suit, one sitting at the front with a score book and another man standing on the right in a uniform.On rear in pencil or ink - "Approx 1930" "Taken at North Melbourne Football Club / Tramway Cricket Club" "Bill Lughton 4th back from the right" "Marchese, Lughton, Reeves, Bullock" "With my compliments H Secrtry Lughton"trams, tramways, sports, mmtb, north melbourne, cricket -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid 1930s
Black and white photographs of a band marching across the intersection of Bourke and Swanston about mid-1930. Has a cable set descending the hill. In the background is a number of parked motor vehicles. The band is followed by a number of cars and is being watched by some people on the corner. The buildings on the top left were later demolished to make way for the Foys building. The arches of the Esquire cinema in the background are visibletrams, tramways, bourke st, bands, swanston st, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, Warren Doubleday, "Notes on Prepaid MMTB Strip Tickets", 18/07/2021 12:00:00 AM
Research Report - titled "Notes on Prepaid MMTB Strip Tickets", along with associated emails from the Moorabbin Historical Society about tickets that were sold during the 1930's and 1940's in strips by the MMTB. Refers to Reg Items 2487, 3341, 1152 and 2486. Based on research from the Museum holdings.trams, tramways, tickets, mmtb, pre-paid tickets -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, late 1930's?
Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of X1 460, at the Footscray Railway Station terminus in Leeds St. Has the destination of Russell St. Tram has a Pay as You leave sign. In the background is the Franklin Chemist, Appleton and Wright Menswear, Roy Thomas Tailor, and R. S. Smith Printer. Either late 1930's, 1940 or post 1945 no white stripe on tram.trams, tramways, footscray, leeds st, x1 class, tram 460 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Rose Stereograph Co, "Corner of Lydiard and Sturt Streets, Ballarat", c1929
Digital image titled "The Corner of Lydiard and Sturt Streets Ballarat Vic", photo looks south west from the Post Office steps towards the south west corner - has Craigs Hotel, National Mutual Life, town hall shops including Anderson Printer and the Town Hall in the picture along with Robbie Burns statue. The Rose Series Postcard No. P 1783. An ESCo tram is parked at the tram stop - No. 5? A number of horse drawn and motor vehicles are in the photograph. Wal has dated the photo about 1930 on the rear of the postcard and about 1929 in his album notes. See item 9193 for a copy print.Yields information the buildings, buildings and scene at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St with a number of vehicles in the view.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a postcard .trams, tramways, esco, lydiard st, sturt st, town hall, tram 5 ? -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Corner of Lydiard and Sturt Streets, Ballarat", c1929
postcard - titled "The Corner of Lydiard and Sturt Streets Ballarat Vic", photo looks southwest from the Post Office steps towards the southwest corner - has Craigs Hotel, National Mutual Life, town hall shops including Anderson Printer and the Town Hall in the picture along with Robbie Burns statue. The Rose Series Postcard No. P 1783. An ESCo tram is parked at the tram stop - No. 5? Several horse-drawn and motor vehicles are in the photograph. Wal Jack has dated the photo about 1930 on the rear of the postcard and about 1929 in his album notes - see item 5126 for the digital image. Yields information the buildings, buildings and scene at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St with a number of vehicles in the view.Postcard or copy photograph of Rose Stereograph Co. postcard, No P 1783ballarat, trams, tramways, esco, lydiard st, sturt st, town hall, tram 5 ? -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, ESCo 6 in Macarthur St, 1930's?
Photograph of ESCo No. 6 at the Drummond St North terminus in Macarthur St. Has a shop for H.J. Symons in the background. Tram has advertisements for Suttons, Ballarat, Melbourne, Bendigo, Geelong and Sydney and an ad for "DAD" on the front dash panel. Original Printed on matt paper.Yields information about ESCo trams in the 1920's or 1930's and Macarthur St. area.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album.trams, tramways, esco, drummond st nth, macarthur st, tram 6 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - W2 488 Victoria Parade, Sutcliffe Pty Ltd, early 1930s
Black and white photograph of W2 488 east bound in Victoria Parade with the destination of Kew Post Office. The tram was built in Feb. 1928 and fitted with route number boxes in 4/1930. The Victoria Parade line was opened to electric trams on 15/9/1929, dating the photo to a short period of time, early 1930s. The photos shows established hedgerows that were planted along the tram track.Yields information about the then new Victoria Parade tramway and tram 488.Black and white print with details on the rear.Sutcliffe Photographers stamp.tramways, tram 488, w2 class, victoria parade, kew post office, trams, mmtb -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Motorman's Record", late 1930's
Preprinted form on off white card, titled "Motorman's Record" contained within Reg. Item 2526, page 58, used by the SEC in the late 1930's to record the details of the Motorman's or Driver's work for the day. Notes Name, date, tramcar, time on, off, routes, trips, meter (power or electricity use), remarks and defects. See item 9124 for a 1930s SEC version. Colour copy made for display cabinet - 20-07-2011trams, tramways, sec, motormen, forms, records -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - W2 399 Victoria Parade, Sutcliffe Pty Ltd, c1930
Black and white photograph of W2 399 eastbound in Victoria Parade with the destination of Deepdene. The tram was fitted with route number boxes in 4/1930. The Victoria Parade line was opened to electric trams on 15/9/1929, dating the photo c1930. The photos shows established hedgerows that were planted along the tram track. The tram is at the Lansdowne St stop which has a tram stop shelter. Note the ornate scroll work on the centre poles. Iin the far distance can be seen the chimney of the Victoria Brewery,Yields information about the then new Victoria Parade tramway and tram 399.Black and white print with photographers stamp on the rear.Sutcliffe Photographers stamp.tramways, tramcars, w2 class, victoria parade, deepdene, centre poles, shelters, tram 399, mmtb -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - digital Images, Sovereign Hill and Gold Museum, Sebastopol type tram travelling on the south side of Sturt St at the Lydiard St intersection, 2014
Copy of an image and associated text for reference purposes only. Original document held by Sovereign Hill and Gold Museum. See the related document file for more details of holdings. The Museum does not hold the original of the document. Image from a printed sepia toned postcard of a Sebastopol type tram travelling on the south side of Sturt St at the Lydiard St intersection. Photo mid 1930's, has a taxi waiting at the median strip with other cars in the photograph as well. In the background is the Town Hall and National Mutual buildings. The statue of Robert Burns is on the left hand side of the image. The original postcard might give the tram number. Note the keywords given in the document file are incorrect.trams, tramways, sturt st, sebastopol type, lydiard st, taxis