Booklet titled - "Instructions to Motormen and Conducotrs of Efficient Operation of Tramcars and Tramcar Equipments", published in 1920 by the MMTB Eastern Systems (Hawthorn, Kew and Malvern depots) about the operation of tramcar controllers, speeds, cost of power, stopping times, brakes, delays, and a table showing where tramcars should be operated in series on down grades and where to coast. All to save power. Has the logo of the printer on the back page.Demonstrates a MMTB publication of 1920 advising crew in tramcar operation and how to save electrical power.Booklet - 20 pages + blue cover, centre stapled.tramways, trams, eastern system, instructions, mmtb, tram controllers, power supply, costs

Set of two Notices to Passengers regarding changes resulting from the opening of the Collins St electric lines to Victoria Bridge as of 8/12/1929. Signed by A D Murdoch, Manager. 1 - Collins St Electric Tramway - noting that the bus service will be discontinued, and electric trams to Victoria Bridge. Existing fares remain applicable but no workmen's fares. 2 - St Kilda Beach - Kew Route - trams will terminate at Glenferrie and Cotham Roads, rather than running to Victoria Bridge. Details fares for the route.Yields information about the opening of the Collins St electric tram service in 1929 and other changes.Set of two Notices printed on quarto paper.Both have "Manager" in top right hand corner.tramways, buses, new tramway, collins st, tram routes, kew

Notice to Passengers titled "East Coburg South Melbourne & Elsternwick Routes", advising that from 16/10/1930, rerouting of services - East Coburg to St Kilda Beach - route 1, East Brunswick - St Kilda Beach - route 2 and that Elsternwick cars route 4 will run to the City. Notes that the Coburg and Preston routes will be connected by a shuttle service along Holden St and Brunswick Road. Signed by A D Murdoch, Manager.Yields information changing of tram routes in Oct. 1930.Notice printed on quarto paper.tramways, buses, east coburg, south melbourne, elsternwick, st kilda beach, holden st, route 1, route 2, route 4, tram routes

Four copies held - second copy has been hand cleaned and polished.Demonstrates a MMTB sign advising passengers not to alight on the wrong side of the tram.Sign - engraved brass sheet, with black lettering and lining on the outside and screw holes in each corner with the words. "To stop car pull left hand cord ONCE / Entering or leaving this car from the wrong side is prohibited. Maximum penalty L5." L = pounds copy 1 - Scratched into rear "I 3" Copy 4 has a label on the rear "Ex W2 268".trams, tramways, signs, tramcars, tramways, passengers

East Preston Run number plate 'P89' used for the vehicle identification system used in the AVM. Item was pushed into a slot of a reader which then recognised the identification through the series of holes on the left hand side. Fitted with metal strips, riveted on, to enable the card to be slotted into the holder by the crew member and then withdrawn when not required. Understood that the tram carried one of these at one end and then another without the holes at the other end. Run number plates used for the vehicle identification system used in the AVM. Item was pushed into a slot of a reader which then recognised the identification through the series of holes on the left hand side. Fitted with metal strips, riveted on, to enable the card to be slotted into the holder by the crew member and then withdrawn when not required. Understood that the tram carried one of these at one end and then another without the holes at the other end. Demonstrates a MMTB/MTA Tram depot run number plate that was carried by each tram when in service.Plastic sheet with a formed metal strip riveted on at one end and a series of holes at the other. Engraved P and 89.trams, tramways, east preston depot, timetables, mta, avm, inspectors

Used by East Preston Depot until they were phased out and replaced with the Automatic Vehicle Monitoring system c1990. Used to identify the depot and "run number" or timetable that the tram was running on, two in each tram, to enable monitoring by inspectors and crews.Demonstrates a MMTB Tram depot run number plate that was carried by each tram when in service.Pressed metal plate with corners trimmed, top section partly folded with two slotted holes, sides folded to give strengthening to the plate, painted with a yellow background and the letter "P" and numbers "41"painted in black, to give a Run Number Plate for East Preston Depot. Painted with the same detail on either side of the plate.trams, tramways, east preston depot, mmtb, timetables

Plate fitted to W class trams built at Preston Workshops by the MMTBDemonstrates a MMTB Preston Workshops builders plate that were fitted to Trams built at the Workshops.Builders Plate, sign - cast brass with raised letters within two raised lines and four screw holes in each corner. Black painted background. "Designed and Manufactured at the Tramways Board Workshops Preston" Three copies held. See Reg Item 5041 for replica plate.Has on the rear in black text pen "239". Copy 2 has chalk marked "417" on rear and Copy 3 has with a label on the rear "Off W2 549 Burnt" trams, tramways, signs, tramcars, tramcar bodies, mmtb, new trams, w2 class, tram 459, tram 417

Used by the MMTB to indicate to conductors and inspectors, the tramcar number. Placed on the driver's bulkhead, facing into the tram with one at either end of the tram. The tram body was built by James Moore of South Melbourne entering service in 9/1924. It was sold in 1979.Demonstrates the method of advising crews the tramcar number internally.Aluminium sheet rectangular, with screw holes in each corner painted with numbers, 2, 5 & 4.trams, tramways, tramcars, tram 254, w2 class

Three signs held - the second sign has a heavier font. Note the sign is a metric sized sign 50mm high, - could have been made after the phasing out of smoking on trams. Smoking on public transport in Victoria was banned in 1976.Demonstrates a MMTB sign prohibiting smoking on trams.Sign - engraved brass sheet, with black lettering and lining on the outside and screw holes in each corner with the words. "NO SMOKING"Third copy has a label on rear "Ex W2 268".trams, tramways, signs, tramcars, tramways, passengers, smoking

Tender document - MMTB - 5 sheets - some pre-printed and some typed with hand written notes titled "Supply and Delivery of Hard Drawn Cadmium Copper Trolley Wire", for Contract No. 107. Stapled top left hand corner. Document has not been filled in and has several notations written in blue ink.trams, tramways, trolley wire, tenders

Letter from Ted Best to J.R. Hall thanking him for the opportunity to speak at a Legacy Luncheon. Legatees met regularly and had guest speakers to entertain and inform on different subjects at their Tuesday Luncheons. This document was from a file of information about guest speakers (see also 00812-00822 and 00829-00837). The Programme Committee was responsible for organising the speakers. A record that the speakers at Legacy functions were from very different walks of life and the subjects spoken on were many and varied. Pale blue, notepaper, type letter on Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works letterhead.Signed by Ted W. Best (Deputy Chairman of the board) in blue ink.speakers, committee

Trevor Arthur, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works member of the College Advisory Committee 1982. On reverse, "Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture-Burnley, Burnley Gardens, Swan St., Richmond Vic. 3121." Handwritten, "Dept Agri Photo Unit Photo 14 T. Arther (sic)."trevor arthur, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, college advisory committee

Colour photo of 'Metropolitan Hotel' corner Hargreaves and Bull Streets, Bendigo. Two storey, brown painted building, two storey verandah. 'Metropolitan Hotel' written over doorway (on verandah) over entry. Appears to be late 1970's?bendigo, hotel, metropolitan hotel

The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) was established by an act of the Victorian Parliament in 1890 to prepare for and to implement a sewerage and water reticulation system across what was then inner Melbourne, its surrounding and middle distance suburbs, including Kew. The MMBW was disbanded in 1991.The map collection of the Kew Historical Society has at its core the historic maps assembled and originally stored in the City Engineer's Department of the City of Kew. These include maps in a number of scales. The vast majority of maps were produced by the MMBW in the first two decades of the twentieth century, and are solid working maps, backed by linen for durability. These maps are historically significant to Kew, the City of Boroondara and to the history of the development of state utilities in Victoria. A number of the Kew maps have additional details added by former municipal officers, including the levels reached by various floods. As these were working documents, information was added to them long after the period of their initial production and distribution.Early map of the Town of Kew, created after 1910, at a scale 440 ft to 1 inch. The 'assembled' map by the City of Kew Engineer's Department includes scaled down copies of The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works maps, Nos. 39, 40, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, and 117. The map covers the entirety of the Town of Kew, bordered on its north and west by the River Yarra, by Burke Road in the East and Barkers Road in the south. The map shows the extent of urban development by that time, prominent institutions and the outlines of built structures in the municipality. TOWN OF KEW / SCALE 400 FEET TO 1 INCHmelbourne & metropolitan board of works, mmbw maps, mmbw plans, town of kew, cartography

Black and white photograph of fibro building with sign above entrance reading, "Metropolitan Fire Brigade".Typed below photograph, "The old Ringwood Fire Station 1930. Was behind old Town Hall in Maroondah Highway. Later used as infant welfare centre. Civic Place on right with old schoolmasters house in background. Looking along Civic Place towards Ringwood St. Note old telephone wires and insulators." Written on backing sheet, "Engine 1912 Hotchkins. C of E Ministers house on right in Ringwood Street".

Copy of record of sale by William Logan to William James O'Shea of land on Metropolitan Avenue, Nunawadingmetropolitan avenue, nunawading, logan, william, o'shea, william james, land sales

Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works plan of reticulation area no 731 in the Shire of Blackburn and Mitcham 1933 and correspondence.sewerage and sanitation, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, pope road, blackburn, whitehorse road

Bi-fold advertisement for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, introduced as from Sunday, 19th October, 1969

Bi-fold map, timetable and fare structure for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, introduced as from November 1962

Black and white photograph showing officials and guests gathering outside City of Ringwood Eastern Metropolitan Regional Library.Written on backing sheet: "At unveiling, 26.10.74."

Illustrations and description of sites within Greensborough and Greenhills: by Irene Turvey and Ron ReynoldsNow out of print, this book is an important record of the Greensborough and Greenhills areas. Copy 2 is signed by author and illustrator.Hard cover, 62 p., illustrated with pen and ink sketches.Copy 1: stamps with Eastern Metropolitan Library. Copy 2 signed by author and illustrator.greensborough, greenhills, irene turvey, ron reynolds

One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photograph1424-118 534 Run 20 Lens 12" Melbourne Metropolitan 12150 18.1.51M639elwood, point ormond, elwood park, elsternwick park, elwood beach, 1951

Photograph shows W class 259 partially dismantled on an outside track. Head light, trolley poles, side blinds and barriers, and drop-centre seating have been removed. Yields information about disposal of W2 class tramcars. Black and white photograph with ink stamp and number on rearInk stamp reads "Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, Ref No. P25/1/1034" w2 clss, tram 259, headlight, trolley pole, side blind, barrier, drop-centre