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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional object - Destination Roll, NSW Department of Road Transport and tramways, Sydney Eastern Suburbs
Destination roll for South East part of Sydney on Linen 13 sections joined by sewing with destinations painted on in capital letters and colours. At top of blind, 3 new section shave been sewn on. See page 76 of Kennan, "The Eastern Lines" See reverse of original catalogue worksheet for listing of destinations. See p76 of "The Eastern Lines", David Keenan, Transit Press, 1989 p32 fold out of "Tramways of Sydney", Kennan, Transit Press, 1985 reprint.tram, trams, sydney, eastern suburbs, destination roll -
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Functional object - Destination Roll, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "South Melbourne Depot"
Destination roll from South Melbourne Depot, was in No. 671 until 31/10/95. On linen, black background, white letters, 5" capitals, was ex Sth Melb. depot c. 1975. See original sheet for full list.At top of roll "26 Sth Melb AA - 2/9/74" in blue pencil. At base in blue ink "Sth Melb. 5" lettering roll ex No. 1 end 671, 3/10/95".tram, trams, melbourne, south melbourne depot, destination roll -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph, Horse trams at the Gardens, c1900
Photo of Horse trams No. 1 and 12 in the Gardens Area of Lake Wendouree. Photo shows both trams with many passengers, some sitting on the handrails and people standing in the street. Taken c1900? The modesty panel or the advertisement panel on the top of tram 1, has been changed in the photograph to blank out the advertisement and to draw in the handrails.Yields information about Ballarat 's horse trams No. 11 and another and its appearance in the gardens. The Modesty board has been modified to remove an advertisement.Black and white photograph with notes on rear. Has on rear, markings for use in a publication, location etc "Photo page 9 bottom Reduce to 5 1/2" x 3 1/2", in top right hand corner on three lines "4c", "1.13." and ".14." and in bottom right hand corner "KMcC" 3rd copy has "Neg 14,060, 1 and 12 at Ballarat" in ink on rear.trams, tramways, ballarat, horse trams, wendouree parade, gardens , tram 1, tram 12 -
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Ephemera - Timetable/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Bendigo Tramways - amended Timetable", Jun. 1970
Set of Bendigo Tramway timetables. Each Two page Gestetner duplicated documents, stapled in the top left hand corner, providing weekday and weekend services for each route departing the city and the nominated route terminus. .1 - Issued 29/6/1970 - see images 1 and 2 .2 - issued 27/9/1971 - see image 3 and 4 .3 - issued 26/6/1970 - same as .1 - three copies held - three copies of SECV copies given to the BTPS at the time of closure. .4 - issued 29/6/1970 - different layout at heading and changes to the bottom of the second page - images 5 and 6. Yields information about Bendigo trams and their timetables for the various lines.Set of four SECV North Electricity Supply Branch timetables. 285.3 - each of three copies marked in ink - "BTPS No 502" in top right hand corner, with copy 1 having "408" crossed out.bendigo, secv, timetables, tram services -
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Book, "Ballarat Illustrated", 1972
Original c 1914 (see below), facsimile copy - re-published 1972. Original features photos of Ballarat City and Town, its buildings, parks and the various industries and organisations that were in Ballarat at the time of publication, including ESCo. Many photos features ESCo trams. Photos sepia toned. Has some red colour block printing on the front cover and rear, for Star Oil Engines. On inside back cover is a map with the places of interest and tram route map, marked in red. Pages are un-numbered. Original published by Ballarat East Town Council and Ballaarat City Council. On cover has number stamped in black in, "No. 87" (assume facsimile copy No.). Photos with publication show tram No. 21, built 1913 and ESCo photo page shows Mr. Pringle as Manager. Mr Pringle became manager in January 1911, As there is no photos of the "Avenue of Honour", or other mention of the first world war, assume original published about 1913 or 1914. Original shows Engravings and printing by "Campbell Wilson Prop Ltd, Ballarat". See Other Information as well for more listing details. High Resolution image added 31/8/2012 of i2 of ESCo page and i3 for Ballarat identies and sheet i4 extracted for Mr Pringle. PDF scan of full document added 21/5/2019 - see images btm633-1i.pdf and btm633-2i.pdf Notes on "Ballarat Illustrated" Reg. Item No. 733 From notes made by Neville Gower 12/1/1997 Cover: Inside front cover: Last paragraph, "Facilities for Travelling" - Electric trams serve all parts of Ballarat. Page 3: Street Scene, Municipal Town Hall, showing tram wiring Page 7: Street Scene, Lydiard St. North, intersection and tramway centre, with ESCo tram No. 21 in the bottom photo. Other photos features trams as well in Sturt St and Lydiard St. North. Page 9: Street Scene, Top photo of Sturt St. from Lydiard St. looking east, shows piles on right-hand side of road. Car parked by Post Office has a car registration number "9007". Bottom photo, an tram climbing hill, shows double trolley in the street, with early English type of pull offs. Page 13: Street Scenes and Historic Buildings: One of five photos, shows Victoria St. looking East, with tram track prominent in photo and how stone work was set up about the rails and overhead poles. Page 23: Street scene, Gardens North Entrance gates, shows details of gates near St. Aidans Drive. Note double trolley wire on poles, and style of insulators. No trams in photo, three ladies walking down the track. Page 37: Street Scene; Lydiard St views, top left hand photo, shows Railway station and railway gates with signal gantry and horse drawn vehicles. Tram tracks apparent. Bottom left hand photo shows Lydiard St. North, near Post Office, double track with centre poles - Single wire per track. Top right hand photo, showing Cemetery gates in background. Bottom right hand photo - from north end of Lydiard St. South, looking north, with an ESCo tram in background. Also has a parked car on left hand side. Page 45: Street Scenes - Bridge St; top photo at west end of Bridge St. with ESCo No. 11 with possibly double trolley wire in photo. Bottom photo at east end of Bridge St. with tram in background, shows junction. Double trolley heading out to Mt. Pleasant, single trolley for Victoria St. Page 45: Street Scenes - Bridge St; top photo at west end of Bridge St. with ESCo No. 11 with possibly double trolley wire in photo. Bottom photo at east end of Bridge St. with tram in background, shows junction. Double trolley heading out to Mt. Pleasant, single trolley for Victoria St. Page 61: Street Scenes and Historic Buildings - Public Institutions Ballarat - top left hand photo of the Hospital shows some tram track in foreground, with double trolley wire. Top right photo is of the Orphanage, the name of the tram terminus for many years. Page 68: Electric Supply Co. of Victoria's pages - top photo showing powerhouse in background, across the lake, can hardly see anything for the trees, except for the chimney. Bottom photos of the steam Turbo Generators and the switchboard. Gives Mr. P.J. Pringle as Chief Engineer and General Manager. He took over in Jan. 1911. Page 69: Ballarat East Views - features photo of Black Hill open cut, Ballarat East Railway Station, Ballarat Fire Station and "Victoria St. looking East", repeat of photo printed on page 12, but slightly darker. Image on system includes fire station and railway station, - Ballarat East. Page 78: Series of photos of various Ballarat VIP's of the era, fourth one in on top line features "P.J.Pringle, Electric Supply Co." Inside Back cover - map of Ballarat including tram lines and places of interest marked in red. Gives a detailed photographic presentation of Ballarat in 1914.80 page book with, in addition, light green card covers, titled "Ballarat Illustrated". Loose copy of page 9 and 10 held.trams, tramways, ballarat, local history, heritage buildings, esco -
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Newspaper, Herald & Weekly Times Ltd, "Truck, tram collide", "Group charters tram", "Ballarat plans tram museum", 1971
Set of three newspaper clippings pasted onto a single sheet of paper with two Punch holes on the left hand side. First clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 2/4/1971 with photo of tram 28 after is collision the previous day with a semi-trailer at the intersection of Princes and Victoria Streets. Gives names of the vehicle drivers and cost of the damage. Photo is of the tram returning to the depot under its own power. Tram passenger named as Margaret Foley, tram driven by James Mason and the truck driven by Gerald Winter of Gordon. See Reg Item 672.1 for a print of the Courier Photograph. Second is from The Courier, Ballarat, 15/4/1971 of the Brown Hill Progress Association chartering a tram to create interest in the project for the retention of Ballarat's trams. The tram was to leave Drummond and Sturt St. intersection the following Sunday at 1245. Item mentions the election of an interim executive and expression of interest of people outside the city. Third is from The Sun, Melbourne, 31/5/1971 about Ballarat 'tram-lovers' deciding to have a working tramway museum. Quotes Mr. Paul Nicholson, a member of the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society. Notes that Museum will have eight trams using two miles of existing track around Lake Wendouree. Also notes that the SEC had received 88 applications for the 44 trams in both Ballarat and Bendigo.Image of the 3rd item added 28/3/2011 - see i1 and for the actual cutting i4. Original of newspaper of item 1 - also has items about the future of the railway workshops following a cost review and a story of page 1 of a submission to the Victorian Land Transport enquiry.In red ink on first cutting in top left hand corner "2/4/71" and in blue ink in top right hand corner on second cutting "15/4/71".trams, tramways, accidents, closure, charters, museum establishment -
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Magazine, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "Electric Traction", 1951, 1953
Ten issues of "Electric Traction" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. 1303.1 - Vol VI, No. 4, April 1951 - printed covers with four pages of duplicated notes - in poor condition, torn along centre and some edge damage. Page 3 includes notes on the Provincial systems about bogie cars going to Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. 1303.2 - Vol VI, No. 5, May 1951- printed covers with four pages of duplicated notes - in fair condition - covers have yellowed. 1303.3 - Vol VI, No. 6, June 1951 - as for 1303.2 - in good condition - some foxing on covers. 1303.4 - Vol VI, No. 7, July 1951 - as for 1303.2 - in good condition, though the insert pages have suffered some edge damage as slightly larger in size than the printed covers. 1303.5 - Vol VI, No. 8 - August 1951 - as for 1303.2 - in good condition - includes an article on page 3 about Ballarat news - including relaying of Sturt and Drummond Sts junction, service cuts, fare increase, No. 23, and extension of the depot to accommodate bogie cars. 1303.6 - Vol VI, No. 9 - September 1951 - 8 pages all printed - includes on page 3 - item re Ballarat No. 23 withdrawn for scrapping, and bogie cars at Geelong. In good condition. 1303.7 - Vol VI, No. 12 - December 1951 - 6 printed pages - includes items re bogie cars at Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. In good condition. 1303.8 - Vol VIII, No. 8 - August 1953 - 6 printed pages with green title details - has an item that Wal Jack was recently given a front page write up in the Courier. Shown as being printed by "Traction Press" of the same address as the publisher - Traction Publications. In good condition. 1303.9 - Vol VIII, No. 9 - September 1953 - 8 printed pages with black title details, page 3 has map of Sydney printed in red and page 6, Sydney rail system. Page 4 has item re the Geelong system and a forthcoming Transport Regulation Board inquiry. In good condition though has been folded in the middle. Printer as for 1303.8 1303.10 - Vol VIII No. 2 - February 1953 - 6 printed pages - includes Tramways of Collie WA, Sydney News, Melbourne cable car conversion dates, electric railway news and branch news and notes Basil Miller has been appointed as an Inspector in Bendigo. 1303.10 - added 28/3/2010 - sourced from donations to the Museum by R. Elliston 28-3-16.Items 1303.2 to 1303.7 - have the stamp of the "The New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society" on the front cover.trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, ballarat, australian tramways, bendigo, cable trams -
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Photograph - Colour Negative/s with a colour print/s, Neville Gower, 3/11/2001
Detail list of photo locations, with reference to the photo number and the photo processors print number on three sheets of A4 paper. Individual photos not formally catalogued numbered, or scanned into system. Note photo print number on back of photo.Yields information about the location of tram stop poles 2001 and 2002 with supplementary information in the background.Set of 25 colour photographs of tram stop poles around Ballarat, taken on 3/11/2001 by Neville Gower, contained within a Thornton Richards Camera House photo folder. trams, tramways, tram stops, ballarat tramways, poles -
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Photograph - Colour Photograph/s - set of 28, Warren Doubleday, 11/03/2002 12:00:00 AM
Set of 28 photographs of the operation of the BTM during the Begonia Festival, including the loading of the Horse Tram for Melbourne on Sunday 10/3/2002, operation in Melbourne on 11/3/2002 and reloading in Bourke St. Taken by Warren Doubleday, on Kodak paper. 2013.1 - Tram 671, Wendouree Parade, 10/3/2002 at Depot Junction .2 - 33 at Loop .3 - 40 and 33 south of the loop, heading for Carlton St. .4 - ditto .5 - 671 returning to the loop from St. Aidans Drive .6 - 40 returning to the loop from Carlton St. .7 - 33 ditto .8 - Loading horse tram at Depot Junction - Alastair Reither .9 - ditto .10 - in St. Kilda Road, 11/3/2002 at about 7.30am .11 - ditto .12 - Tram in Moomba parade, 11/3/2002 - Reg Smith, Len Millar - horse Bear. .13 - ditto .14 - ditto .15 - ditto, after passing with the Ned Kelly's. .16 - ditto - and John Clowes on rear platform .17 - the line up near Bourke St. with V214 behind the horse tram - "Tram Stop Ahead" sign .18 - the line up from Bourke St. with Hawthorn 8 alongside. .19 - Being photographed - Arthur Cook, Roma Cook, Merle Clowes and John Clowes with other visitors .20 - ditto .21 - Malcolm tram, and BTM ten in the background .22 - BTM and Sydney Tramway Museum tent in the City Square area. .23 - Pushing the horse tram across Bourke St. - John Clowes. .24 - Loaded back on the Crane Heavy Haulage (Associated Towing) truck, looking north along Swanston St. .25 - ditto .26 - ditto, general scene in Swanston St. .27 - The towing truck and tram .28 - Hawthorn 8 and Milan 1692 crossing Bourke St. Negatives held on file with documents list.horse trams, depot junction, moomba, gardens loop, swanston st, tram 1, tram 33, tram 40, tram 671, tram 8, tram 214, tram 1692 -
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Ephemera - Ticket, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Block of SEC 1/6 weekly tickets
Each ticket medium weight card, on manila coloured (210gsm) card and printed on black ink to give day numbers, monthly, week number, transfers and day of week, excluding Sunday. Numbered on right end of ticket. Static number (1 - 7) on left indicate it may be the day of issue. Each ticket has been stamped "CANCELLED" On the rear of the ticket is the details of the ticket use, allowing the passenger one return journey between City and section 2-3 or 3, or between 2-3 and 4. Not available on Sundays. Form Number TYE 2-12. Note: See Reg. Item 230 on the page dated Feb. 22 for another two weekly tickets, c1950, price 2/6. Printed in off-white card in red ink. Available for travel between city and section 3 or 4. See also Reg. Item 2103, 2104, 2105, and 2106. Not known when these tickets were used, possibly before the 1950's.Demonstrates a SEC Weekly ticket.Block of SEC 1/6 weekly tickets, ticket numbers A124165 to A124179. Printed and stapled into a blocks of 20 tickets. trams, tramways, tickets, weekly tickets -
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Ephemera - Ticket, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Block of SEC 2/- weekly tickets
Each ticket medium weight card, on 210gsm manila coloured card and printed on black ink to give day numbers, monthly, week number, transfers and day of week, excluding Sunday. Numbered on right end of ticket. Stapled with heavy brown cardboard backing strip. Static number (1 - 7) on left indicate it may be the day of issue. On rear of ticket is the details of the ticket use, allowed passenger one return journey between City and section r 3, or between 3 and 6. Not available on Sundays. Form Number TYE 3-11. Note: 1. See Reg. Item 230 on the page dated Feb. 22 for another two weekly tickets, c1950, price 2/6. Printed in off white card in red ink. Available for travel between city and section 3 or 4. See also Reg. item 2102, 2104, 2105 and 2106 Not known when these tickets used, possibly prior to 1950's.Demonstrates SEC Weekly tickets.Block of SEC 2/- weekly tickets, ticket numbers B 89023 - 89039. Printed and stapled into a blocks of 20 tickets. trams, tramways, tickets, weekly tickets -
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Ephemera - Weekly ticket, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Block of SECV 2/- weekly tickets
Each ticket medium weight card, on 200 gsm aqua card and printed on red ink to give day numbers, monthly, week number, transfers and day of week, excluding Sunday. Numbered on the right end of the ticket. Static number (1 - 7) on left it may be to indicate the day of issue. On the rear of the ticket are the details of the ticket use, allowing the passenger one return journey between City and section 4. Not available on Sundays. Form Number TYE 2-10. Each ticket has been stamped "CANCELLED" in purple ink. Demonstrates a SEC Weekly ticket.Block of SECV 2/- weekly tickets, ticket numbers Aa163090 - 16399. Originally printed and stapled into a blocks of 20 tickets. E Note: 1. See Reg. Item 230on page dated Feb. 22 for another two weekly tickets, c1950, price 2/6. Printed in off white card in red ink. Available for travel between city and section 3 or 4. See also Reg. item 2102, 2103, 2105 and 2106. Not known when these tickets used, possibly c1950'stickets, weekly tickets, trams, tramways -
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Ephemera - Weekly ticket, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Block of SECV 3/- weekly tickets
... passengers one return journey between City and section 3 or 4 ...Each ticket medium weight card, on pink card and printed on black ink to give day numbers, monthly, week number, transfers and day of the week, excluding Sunday. Numbered on the right end of the ticket. Static number (1 - 7) on the left may be to indicate the day of the issue. On the rear of the ticket are the details of the ticket use, allowing passengers one return journey between City and section 3 or 4. Not available on Sundays. Form Number TYE 3-13 Note: 1. See Reg. Item 230 on page dated Feb. 22 for another two weekly tickets, c1950, price 2/6 - similar to these, but used. Page 38 of Ballarat Tramways has a photo of the 2/6 weekly ticket, with a note, used about 1950's. See also Reg. item 2102, 2103, 2104 and 2105. Not known when these tickets used, possibly c1950'sDemonstrates a SEC Weekly ticket.Block of SECV 3/- weekly tickets, ticket numbers B 37969 - 37979. Originally printed and stapled into a blocks of 20 tickets. tickets, weekly tickets, tramways, trams -
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Memorabilia - Event Materials, The Ballaarat Begonia Festival Association, "1971 Ballaarat Begonia Festival - Official Programme Souvenir Tourist Guide", 25/08/2002
Twenty 28 page printed program with a four colour cover printed on heavier stock for the 1971 Begonia Festival. Includes details of the organisers, a welcome to the City, Sovereign Hill, Official programme, (26/2 to 8/3), photos and details of the various tourist attractions, statistics about Ballaarat, some details of the facilities, churches, Royal South St and industry. The main text is printed in black ink, the centre 16pp consists of the programme printed in blue ink. Front page has a half full cover photo of the gardens area. All other photos are black and white. On page 31 is a small photo of a bogie tram at Mt. Pleasant and that these trams were 'doomed' and would be replaced by buses. On rear cover is a map of Ballarat in pink ink, showing the tram and bus routes. Second copy held - added 28/12/2002. See Reg Item 5042 for an advertising brochure for the festival. High quality scans added 15-02-2011 following use in the 60 years Begonias web site article - seven images of various pages. trams, tramways, tramways, begonia festival, festival program -
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Magazine, Jack Richardson, "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly", Feb. 1949 to August 1949
2467.1 - Vol. 4 No. 2, February 1949 of "Tram Tracks - The Electric Traction Monthly" of the Australian Electric Traction Association. Magazine consists of 16 printed pages with a 12 page supplement titled "Fifty Questions and Answers about trams in Australia". Has a single staple on the saddle. Incorporated within the magazine are articles or editorials on Tramways and Tramway Experts (Sydney and bus replacement), Interurban to St Kilda (conversion of VR St. Kilda line). General news items on Brisbane, Geelong, Launceston closure, Hobart, Bourke St routes, Perth, Adelaide, NSW, Christchurch, Overseas tramways and railways. Also has letters to the Editor, plans of a Birney tram for model makers and AETA Notes. Issue has advertisements for the Model Dockyard, ARLHS, The Hobby Shop, Barnes Tennis Centre, Fleet, Christie Model Railway Equipment of Sydney, Meadmore Model Engineering, Austral Bronze, Wattle Park, Traction Publications and Robilt "O" gauge locomotives. 2467.2 - Vol 4, No. 5 - May 1949 - 20 pages - red cover, 4th year, article by Peter Duckett with photos of Board members, "PCC Trucks here", MMTB advert for staff, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne (applications for new Chairman to replace Mr. Bell), Bendigo, Perth, Christchurch, Wellington, Wanganui, Bourke St construction work (photo of poles), Brisbane tramway history, map of CBD Melbourne, Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.3 - Vol 4, No. 6 - June 1949 - 16 pages - green pages, tramways and private cats, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Launceston, Hobart, article "Scrap Sydney Tams by 1960 - Newcastle this years say London experts", buses tackle football crowds (Sydney), Fremantle (Wal Jack letter), and Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.4 - Vol 4, No. 7 - July 1949 - 16 pages - tramways and the public, news from Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, appointment of R. Risson as new chairman, Perth, Adelaide, Launceston, tramcar solenoid brakes, National City Lines USA, and Melbourne and Sydney suburban railways, AETA News. 2467.5 - Vol 4, No. 8 - August 1949 - 8 pages - tramways and politics, photo of new points for Latrobe and William Sts, East Hills Line by C. C. Singleton, general tramway news, and advertisement for Robilt model railways. .2 to .4 added 15-2-2016 from the collection of Ian Stanley. .5 added 24-3-18 - from consolidation of Melbourne Tram Museum and BTM collections)trams, tramways, electric traction, aeta, australian tramways, mmtb, pcc, closure, sydney, newcastle, brisbane -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, ESCo No. 19 or 20, summer toastrack tramcar at depot, mid 1920's
Black and white photograph contained within Reg. Item 2488, page 55, of ESCo No. 19 or 20, summer toastrack tramcar, on the Wendouree Parade depot fan. Has a large number of people at one end of the tramcar. Depot "Bundy" clock visible in the background. Tram has a "Suttons Jazz Band" roof advertisement and an advertisement for "Rolfes" tea on the drivers dash panel. See also Reg. Item 1427 for another print. Note Item Not formally Numbered. Image btm2507i2 shows position on page relative to items 2507 to 2512. High Res Images added 15/3/2011.Handwritten in Pencil under the photograph is "This tram and its twin - 19 & 20 - was very popular on the gardens run in midsummer as many as 129 fares have been taken on its 8 seats 1906 - 1931 - held 40 seated comfortably taken in Depot yard - note Bundy time registering clock on wall of messroom - see Ballarat Electric Tram ?"tramways, trams, depot, wendouree parade, toastrack tram, suttons, esco, tram 19, tram 20 -
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Photograph - Colour Print/s - set of 30, Carolyn Dean, 2004
Set of 30 colour prints, taken by C. Dean from 30/10/2004 to 2/1/2005 of the rebuilding of the sub-station and initial tramway operations. .1 - Interior view of substation after transformer removed - 30/10/2004 .2 - ditto .3 - ditto .4 - ditto .5 - G.Wood, A. Reither working on the re-building of the walls. .6 - Temporary door .7 - Sign on No. 39 - "There are no trams running today". .8 - COTMA Storage shed frame at Bungaree - 2/12/2004 .9 - 38 outside shed, pending delivery of the transformer - 17/12/2004 .10 - 38 and 1 ditto .11 - ditto .12 - The box arrives - with forklift and G. Wood .13 - unpacked .14 - ditto - with P.Mong .15 - ditto .16 - ditto .17 - P.Mong checking delivery .18 - moving into position - G.Wood and P.Mong .19 - ditto .20 - ditto with Pallet mover. .21 - In position .22 - ditto .23 - No. 40 being repainted .24 - 38 and 1 outside the shed .25 - framing the new walls .26 - ditto .27 - new device frame .28 - The BTM big band - re-opening day - 26/12/2004 .29 - ditto - Sam Boon .30 - No. 26 and that road traffic - cars! - Wendouree Parade - 2/1/2005Each photo has on rear in ink "date", "number" and "Photo by Carolyn Dean"btm depot, substation, wendouree parade, tram 38, tram 1 -
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Document - Manuscript, "Ballarat Tramways", 1950's
Each copy consists of a chapter, one page titled "Early History", five pages titled "Part 1 - Horse Trams - Ballarat 1887 - 1905, Sebastopol 1893 - 1912, Ballarat East Nil" Notes on the construction of the tramway, opening, personalities, Julien Battery tram, and half a page titled "Bits of Interest". The 3rd chapter, 3 pages, titled "Part 2 - Electric Trams - Ballarat 1905, Ballarat East, Sebastopol 1912". Notes the early power supply history in Ballarat, opening of the electric routes, (conversion of horse trams to electric), and the purchase of new trams ex Melbourne 1930. Chapter ends with 3 short paragraphs notes on the SEC taking over, Conductresses during the war and reconstruction. Author - unknown - possibly the SEC, Les Denmead and others - notes the scrubber car still in service in 1969? See also item 106 and 6419 for similar documents.Yields detailed information about the history of Ballarat's tramways.Three copies of a typed manuscript titled "Ballarat Tramways" - 18 foolscap pages. Each document has been typed, 1.5 line spacing on foolscap paper, 2nd and 3rd copies are carbon copies.On front cover of copy 1 hand written in black ink "BTPS No. 419". Copy 3 has "Incomplete" on the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, manuscript, ballarat tramways, ballarat, horse trams, esco, statistics -
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Postcard - Folder set, Valentine & Sons Publishing Co, "Beautiful Views in Color of Ballarat Vic", Early 1950's
Shows views of Ballarat city, tourist attractions, Lake Wendouree in the 1950's, with some distance views of the trams in the streets. Demonstrates production of souvenirs of the era - folded postcards.Set of 9 coloured views of Ballarat printed with all photos on one side of a folded strip of paper glued within an colour printed light card folder. Published by The Valentine Publishing Co. Pty Ltd of Melbourne and Sydney., titled "Beautiful Views in Color of Ballarat Vic". Front cover has a image of the Arch of Victory on the left hand side with space for title, address area and stamp. Rear of Cover has printer name and a slit for the envelope to be closed over and sealed. 1. The Avenue of Honor and the Arch of Victory 2. The Eureka Stockade Memorial 3. The Old Curiosity shop 4. Town Hall Sturt St. (with trams in distance views, note Myers verandah still there) 5. Sturt St showing Mt. Warrenheip in the distance 6. Picturesque scene in the Gardens 7. The Boat shed and basin, Lake Wendouree 8. Sturt St. (from Greville St and large Robur Tea advertisement on building) 9. The Conservatory in the Gardens. From the motor vehicles in the photograph would say early 1950's. trams, tramways, ballarat, postcards, sturt st, bridge st, gardens, grenville st, lake wendouree -
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Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s and Digital Image, Valentine & Sons Publishing Co, "Lydiard Street showing George Hotel Ballarat", 1931
View of the early 1930's of No. 27 inbound in Lydiard St Nth. Valentine series No. 1492, with caption "Lydiard Street showing George Hotel, Ballarat". See page 59 of The Golden City and its Tramways and for the photo itself. Photo shows the wooden centre poles, street lighting, tram 27 in ESCo colour scheme, buildings on the west side of Lydiard St North, including the George Hotel, A.M.Palmer & Co Chemist, Wm Hiscock Dentist and other buildings. A horse drawn cart and two motor cars parked at the kerb. See item 8983 for the actual postcard. 3893.1 - Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of the same photograph. Wal album notes date the photograph as 1931.Image i2 for the rear of the postcard, Image i3 for high res scan of the postcard. Copy negative image i4 added 3-5-2020.Yields information about Lydiard St Nth in the 1930's, the centre poles, traffic and the appearance of the trams.Black and White copy photograph of a Valentine Series postcard.tramways, trams, esco, lydiard st nth, george hotel, tram 27 -
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Photograph - Digital image Set of 3, Peter Bruce, Grant St Loop - Mt Pleasant, 1970s
Yields information about the Grant St Loop on the Mt Pleasant line.Digital image, black and white, series of three images of No. 31 entering, travelling through and leaving the Grant St Loop on the Mt Pleasant line. Taken with a telephoto lens at varying lengths. Has a Hardware and Fancy Goods shop on the right hand side. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 31 Approach", "No. 31 into the loop" and "No. 31 leaves the loop"trams, tramways, mt pleasant, grant st, barkly st, tram 31 -
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Photograph - Digital image Set of 3, Peter Bruce, "No. 32 Lydiard St North", 1970s
Yields information about the Lydiard St North Route, and the landscape.Digital image, black and white, set of three images of No. 32 in Lydiard St North, taken with a telephoto lens at various locations. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 32 Lydiard St North"trams, tramways, lydiard st north, tram 32 -
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Photograph - Digital image Set of 3, Peter Bruce, 1970s
Yields information about the highway crossing Albert St Sebastopol from both sides.Digital image, black and white, set of three images of No. 41 crossing Albert St Sebastopol. .1 - No. 41 southbound, before crossing Albert St. .2 - ditto, after crossing Albert St .3 - No. 41 on return, north bound. Note the pole with directions for Mt Clean, Sebastopol Gun Club. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 41 at the Highway"trams, tramways, albert st, sebastopol, tram 41 -
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Photograph - Compact Diskette with photographs, Austin Brehaut, Begonia Weekend 2010
Yields information about the 2010 Begonia Festival, the trams during the Parade and has a strong association with some of the volunteers.CD compact diskette in a paper envelope, containing a set of 14 images of the Begonia Weekend 2010, taken by Austin Brehaut. .1 - Trams on the depot fan on the morning of 6/3 .2 - 671 and 28 at Carlton St - 8/3 .3 - Begonia Festival parade spectators inside 661 - 8/3 .4 - ditto .5 - 671 and people for the Parade 8/3 .6 - The Parade about to happen - 661 and 671 at the loop - 8/3 .7 - 661 and people for the Parade 8/3 ,8 - Peter Winspur views the coming parade 8/3 .9 - Viewing the parade - 8/3 .10 - Peter Bruce viewing .11 - Bill Kingsley viewing .12 - Graeme Cleak using 671 to view the Begonia Festival 8/3 .13 - 661 and 671 laid up at the loop - 8/3 .14 - 27 being prepared for a repaint and repairs.On CD "Begonia Weekend 2010 / A. Brehaut" and on paper case "Peter Winspur"begonia festival, depot, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image set of 12, Peter Winspur, Museum horse tram operating, 8 & 9 May 2010
Yields information about the operation of the horse tram by the BTM during the Ballarat Heritage Weekend 2010.Set of 12 digital images taken on Saturday 8 or Sunday 9 May 2010 of the horse tram operating between Gardens Loop and St Aidans Drive by Peter Winspur, for the City of Ballarat 2010 Heritage Weekend. .1 - tram heading north from the loop area. .2 - view at the stop where the tram was turned around with people swapping around. .3 - admiring the horses. .4 - ditto .5 - ditto .6 - queuing for the tram - Len Millar by the sign. .7 - tram ride sign .8 - travelling towards St Aidans Drive. .9 - ditto .10 - ditto - returning from St Aidans Drive, Len Millar and Lyle Drayton .11 - scene at the loop with people swapping trams. .12 - ditto and No. 28trams, tramways, horse tram, btm, wendouree parade, tram 1, tram 28 -
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Photograph - Digital image Set of 11, Stuart Loddington, 10 images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, 1971
Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 11 digital images, comprising 1 donation text image and 10 images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Stuart Lodington, 1971 prior to closure of the system. .1 - Donation text slide. .2 - No. 26 southbound in Lydiard St North, with the Ballarat Railway Station level crossing gates in the background. .3 - No. 27 and 30 crossing at Bell St Loop, Skipton St. (see also btm4976i4) .4 - No. 17 Wendouree Parade, near Gardens Loop .5 - Single truck tram at Victoria St terminus, taken from the west side of the Buninyong Rail line bridge, with CRB Roadwork sign, Eureka Caravan Park and Meagher Hotel in the background, possibly No. 11, see entry for .10 .6 - No. 12 and 30 crossing at the Urquhart St Loop, Drummond St South. .7 - No. 12 westbound in Sturt St, with Grenville St in the background. .8 - No. 17 at Gardens Loop with the Trolley pole being reversed. .9 - No. 30, Lydiard St North with Reid's Palace building in the background. .10 - No. 11 passing over the Buninyong rail line bridge, with Gardens via Sturt St West and a Twin Lakes sign. Has a number of children alongside the driver. .11 - No. 21 heading northbound in Wendouree Parade, Gardens, just to the north of the now BTM depot junction.trams, tramways, ballarat, level crossings, buninyong railway, lydiard st north, bell st, victoria st, wendouree parade, gardens, drummond st, sturt st, tram 26, tram 27, tram 30, tram 17, tram 12, tram 21, tram 11 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 13, Stuart Lodington, early BTPS operations and depot construction, 1975 - 1978c
Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 13 digital images of early BTPS operations and depot construction, scanned from original slides by Stuart Lodington, 1974 to 1978c. .1 - Richard Gilbert and Gavin Young in No. 27 .2 - Richard Gilbert, Peter Bruce, Campbell Duncan, and others at the rear of the depot enjoying a drink. .3 - Richard Gilbert, Stuart Lodington, Gavin Young and Peter Rees in No. 27 .4 - as for No. 2 .5 - Richard Gilbert and Gavin Young on depot fan. .6 - Depot extensions, showing 4 and 5 roads, prior to any track laying of the pit track being built. .7 - Graeme Jordan lifting No. 38 on jacks .8 - front of new depot shed prior to any track construction .9 - King points laid into positron and queen points positioned .10 - Looking north inside shed across 4 road prior to any track laying .11 - spare motor and pinions at rear of shed. .12 - No. 26 at the Carlton St terminus, showing Sturt St West. .13 - ditto, looking north west.trams, tramways, btps, depot, carlton st, wendouree parade, tram 27, tram 38, tram 26 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, MMTB No. 2, 1950's
Includes pages on 980, decorated trams, Birney, PMTT, HTT works, S, T, Footscray, AETA Tours, Q, U, W's, Works cars, opening of Bourke St, Essendon, Flinders St overpass, Kingsway, Point Ormond, G class bodies. For details of each photograph and layouts see - Wal Jack Melbourne Album Reg Item 5001 listingHas a strong association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features M&MTB Melbourne Trams.Dark brown binder cloth covered folder, brass screw binders (2 of 3 in position), grey paper inside covers holding some 44 manila cover foolscap size sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners so various types, captions in black ink. Has a colour illustration of Flinders St station with three trams on inside front cover. de of covers, some 157 black and white photographs.. trams, tramways, mmtb, tramcars, melbourne, wal jack -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, 1950's
These notes are based on a report prepared for the Board re the donation of materials collected by Wal Jack and donated to the BTM in 2011. The following notes are general across the collection unless written for a specific Ballarat item. Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features Sydney TramsDark brown binder cloth covered folder, 3 brass screw binders brown paper inside covers holding some 50 manila cover foolscap size sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners so various types, captions in black ink. Folder supplied Norman Bros Melbourne. Has photos of various locations and lines within Sydney including some works trams. trams, tramways, sydney, tramcars, wal jack -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, Adelaide, 1950's
These notes are based on a report prepared for the Board re the donation of materials collected by Wal Jack and donated to the BTM in 2011. The following notes are general across the collection unless written for a specific Ballarat item. Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features South Australian trams. Brown leather covers, over heavy board, tied together with a black shoe lace, light grey paper inside covers holding some 63 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in blue or black ink. Has some 392 black and white photographs including some postcards. Has photos of various locations and lines within Adelaide, includes works trams, buses, trolley buses, arranged by tramcar class in some places. Includes horse trams at Goolwa and Victor Harbor, Port Adelaide steam tram. Album Scanned Dec. 2019 prior to forward 7 packets of negatives to the collection of the AETM via John Radcliffe. Refer to dbtext\Archive Document files\Reg Item 5009. Each page scanned as a hi res (1200 dpi) jpg file using the Fujitsu Scan Snap Scanner SV600. Advised 3/4/2020, that the negs will be held by the National Railway Museum. All photos scanned 12/2022. See Related documents regarding the negatives -trams, tramways, adelaide, victor harbor, tramcars, wal jack