Its manufacture demonstrates from an industrial aspect a period of history following the occupation of Japan by the USA after the second world war and has a strong association with this event.Insulator - known as an egg type - ceramic - fired clay (porcelain) finished with a brown colour with two holes for span wire with the holes offset to each other. Marked in a very light almost clear finish on one side "Made in Occupied Japan" See item 8534 for another example - a larger size. https://www.gotheborg.com/glossary/occupiedjapan.shtml - accessed 15/4/20201 gives some background: "For the period from the end of World War II in 1945 through April 28, 1952, the United States and its Allies occupied Japan. The Occupation involved approximately 130,000 Americans (both military and civilian) and about 35,000 British Troops based in Japan. SCAP (Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers), led by General MacArthur, wrote a new constitution for Japan. As Japan needed to rebuild their economy after the war, part of the agreement to allow them to export goods out of their country was that they had to mark 50% of all items with "Occupied Japan" or "Made in Occupied Japan." This could be done with a paper label, cloth label (as on scarves, doilies, clothing), engraved, handwritten or stamped. Thus, you may come across things, such as a salt and pepper set, where only one of the pair is marked OJ and the other will just have "Japan" on it. The tags, labels, marks were placed on the items in Japan, before they were exported to other countries. "trams, tramways, overhead, trolley wire, insulation, electrical equipment

Set of two newspaper clippings from The Courier, 19/9/2006 celebrating the closing of the SEC tram system in Ballarat. .1 - "35-year tribute to lost tram service" with Frank Puls and Austin Brehaut at Carlton St .2 - "Tribute to lost trams after 35 years" with Frank Puls at the controls of 27. Story by James Kelly reporting on the closure and the Museum tram services and visitors. Photos by Ian Wilson.btm, closure, anniversary

Newspaper clippings from The Courier, 17/9/2011 advertising the BTM Family Fun Day for 18/9/2011 - 40th anniversary of the closure of the Ballarat tram system.btm, closure, anniversary, events

Set of six colour prints of BTM operations taken by Roy J Mitchell. All photos dated on the rear as 8/2/2010 except .1 - 17/1/2007. Taken during the Begonia Festival based on the background. .1 - Tram 27 running in on the access track - note the new trees .2 - 466 at Gardens loop .3 - 26 and 671 at Gardens loop .4 - ditto .5 - 661 at Carlton St .6 - 26 at the depot on No. 7 road.Detail on the rear of each photo are the details of the image and the photographer. trams, tramways, btm, access track, depot, wendouree parade, carlton st, tram 26, tram 466, tram 27, tram 661, tram 671

Black and white photograph of Geelong 36, with the destination North, corner of Malop and Gheringhap Sts Photograph and date unknown, early 1950's.on rear in ink "PMTT 26, MMTB 26, Geel 36 Ben 5"trams, tramways, geelong, north, malop st, gheringhap st, tram 36

Black and white photograph of Bendigo 2 leaving the Eaglehawk terminus on its way to Quarry Hill, late 1960's or early 1970's. In the view is the Town Hall Hotel - Melbourne bitter, J Best's milk bar and fruit shop advertising Cohn's Lemonade, Peters Ice cream, a Holden station wagon with Craven A Filter cigarettes, and Ashman's dry cleaning shop.trams, tramways, bendigo, high st, eaglehawk, tram 2

Colour photograph of Bendigo 18 in High St Eaglehawk just before arriving at the terminus. In the background is the Park Hotel.trams, tramways, bendigo, high st, eaglehawk, tram 18

Colour photograph of Bendigo 18 (Quarry Hill) crossing another bogie tram at one of the loops on the Eaglehawk line.On rear in ink "PMTT MMTB 35, Ball 40"trams, tramways, bendigo, eaglehawk, tram 18

Yields information about the appearance and use of a single truck car in Sturt St during the 1950's.Black and White photograph of Ballarat 13 in Sturt St at the City stop, Lydiard St. The tram has the destination of Lydiard St and a "Pay as You Enter" sign with the Town Hall in the background. Photo during the 1950's.On rear in ink "PMTT J 76 - Ball 19 Bend 7" and stamped "TMSV Sales"trams, tramways, sturt st, city, lydiard st, town hall, tram 13

Black and White photograph of the Geelong scrubber at the depot, possibly during an AETA tour, c1955. .1 - tram outside the building on No. 2 road - good view of the truck. .2 - tram inside the building on No. 2 road. Both printed on a printed postcard heavy cardtrams, tramways, geelong, scrubber tram, geelong depot, scrubber

Yields information about the impacts of the closure of the Geelong system to provide "speaking notes" for Ballarat and Bendigo Managers., Yields information about the impacts of the closure of the Geelong system to provide "speaking notes" for Ballarat and Bendigo Managers.Memorandum, from Engineer and Manager to Acting Manager Ballarat dated 31/5/1957, titled "Tramways" report in an article in "The Transport Journal" April 1957 issue reporting on the replacement of the SEC Operated Geelong trams by private buses, costs, new buses by each operators and the additional taxes earned by Government as a result - eg seat taxes and registration fees.trams, tramways, geelong, buses, closure, regulations

Yields information about the specifications of various combinations of controllers and motors.Report - set of three quarto sheets - drafts and completed documents, titled "Resistances - WH225, GE 201 motors, T1F, K36JR and B23D controllers", detailing the resistance steps, grid types and resistance. Compiled by Bob Prentice , dated 10/5/1973.trams, tramways, resistance grids, electrical equipment, electrical systems, tramcars, motors, controllers

Instruction - duplicated foolscap sheet - titled "Instructions to Motorman - Trams equipped with automatic brake apparatus" detailing the use of equipment that was fitted to a limited number of four motor tramcars. trams, tramways, controllers, brakes, instructions

Yields information about the instructions issued to Motormen in Ballarat by the Electric Supply Co. for driving and operating tramcars.Instruction - 6 quarto sheets stapled in top left hand corner - retyped from an original Electric Supply Co. of Victoria (ESCo) document with a black hand written heading Motormen! Take No Risks", detailing motormen's behaviours, operations, braking, tram car lights, steps, ticketing, recruit motormen, shunting, speed, trolley wheels, changing cars, trailers, controllers, testing magnetic brakes, switches, timetables, fares, tram stops, section staffs, holidays, uniforms, breakdowns, smoking, lost property, headways, gong signals, conductors, whistle signals, instructions to recruit motormen. 7th page - details motors and how to get your car ready for service and how to apply power. (see btm8096i1.pdf) page 8 missing. trams, tramways, esco, training, instructions, motormen, operations

Yields information about the impacts of the closure of the Geelong system to provide "speaking notes" for Ballarat and Bendigo Managers., Yields information about the impacts of the closure of the Geelong system to provide "speaking notes" for Ballarat and Bendigo Managers.Memorandum, from Engineer and Manager to Manager Ballarat dated 26/9/1960, titled "Trams and Tariffs", reviewing the reduction of electricity tariffs, following the closure of the Geelong system. An announcement was pending. Was delayed due to the cost of restoring the roads in Geelong. Provides instruction or guidance or "speaking points" to the respective managers of Ballarat and Bendigo.trams, tramways, geelong, electricity supply, closure, submissions, publicity

Yields timetable information about the Geelong Belmont route, the last to close in Geelong, just prior to closure.Timetable, duplicated foolscap sheet, titled "City - Belmont Tram Timetable commencing Monday 5th March 1956". Issued prior to the closure of the Belmont line. Gives times to and from Belmont for each day.geelong, timetables, closure, belmont

Yields information and demonstrates the use of statistical reports for 1922 to management in the UK and comparisons with other systems.Report - 5 quarto or foolscap sheets, carbon copy by ESCo dated 19/5/1922 for Ballarat. 1 - "Comparisons of Passengers per car Mile" - for each route 2 - "Revenue per car mile of track" - for each route and comparisons with Melbourne, Launceston, Adelaide and Wellington 3 - "Year ended 31/3/1922" - Gross Expenditure vs Receipts 4 - "Change issued to motormen daily" - since introduction of Cash Fare System 5 - "Passengers and Revenue per car Mile" - comparison with English and Australian systems. Provides source of information. trams, tramways, ballarat, reports, operations, finances, esco

Yields timetable information about the Bendigo tramcar mileages, though no date provided. May be at the completion.Report - typed quarto sheet, titled "Bendigo Tram car Mileage (Air Brake cars)", giving a mileage figure for each tramcar, broken down into Bogie, Truck cars (4 wheels) and Birney cars. Undated. Based on the knowledge of the compilation of the Ballarat figures towards closure this should be considered an estimate, not an accurate figure. trams, tramways, bendigo, tramcars, mileage, birney

Yields information about claims incurred by ESCo during the period 1909 to 1921.Report - typed quarto sheet, titled "Third party claims for the last thirteen years" 1909 to 1921 - dated 17-5-1922 - listing cases for each year, and costs and details when ESCo fare box cars were put into service.trams, tramways, ballarat, insurance, fare boxes, esco

Yields information about industrial issues affecting one man trams, the unions and the other people to which Mr Pringle corresponded.Letter, typed, one quarto sheet and three foolscap sheets, dated 8/5/1922 from Mr Pringle to Fred Thonemann (Barrister?), with copies to G G Jobbings, W. Strangward, H Dix and A Murdoch - Melbourne tramway operators. Letter is a report on a Arbitration hearing and appearances before the Registrar in Ballarat concerning the operation of two man trams when it had been operated previously by one man operations. Detailed report on the event and reporting in the newspapers.trams, tramways, ballarat, insurance, fare boxes

Has a strong association with the person who created the document and his viewpointsPamphlet - photocopied onto fragile heat sensitive paper - now brown - foolscap sheet, titled "Ballarat and Bendigo Tramways Must Go" Issued by R J Nowell of 15 Selwyn St Elsternwick in the interest of better public transport. Seeks better transport in both cities, gives his reasons for such a move, the loss incurred by the SEC. Even suggests horse trams would be cheaper to operate. Undated - has a hand written note regarding it being received at a SEC office on Monday 4/9. Monday 4/9 occurred during 1961 and 1967. Note the Melbourne Tram Museum has a Melbourne tram map prepared by the same person at Selwyn St Elsternwick - see their Reg Item 1381. trams, tramways, closure, pamphlets, ballarat, bendigo, costs, safety

Book or Program - "Ballarat Heritage Festival - May 7 to 30 (2021), 40 pages, centre stapled, giving the detailed program for the Festival following the cancellation of the 2020 event due to COVID-19. Has a table of contents and a message from the Mayor, Dr Daniel Moloney. Has a preliminary image of tram 18 as the "Night Tram" on page 8 and an image of 26 on page 23m, and a full page entry on page 33. See Reg Item 8142 for newspaper clippings.trams, tramways, city of ballarat, events, heritage, festival program

Demonstrates training and questions asked of tram drivers or motormen.8109.1 - three page foolscap typed instruction sheet titled "Questions to be answered by all trainee motormen - conductors before commencing duty in that capacity." glued in the top left hand corner. Has 84 questions, regarding the operation of the tram, equipment, controller types. Dated 25 Oct. 1935 Two copies held See also Reg Item 2949 for a c1945 issue. 8109.2 - single foolscap sheet - same title as above, but includes the answers and information about the trolley feed points in Geelong. Has 10 questions and answers detailed. trams, tramways, sec, instructions, traffic staff, motormen, geelong

Demonstrates training of tram drivers in Bendigo. Similar documents would have been used for Ballarat and Geelong.Instructions - 19 sheets (last sheet missing), stapled multiple times on the left hand edge, providing detailed instructions and guidance to trainee motormen. Has reference to T1F controllers, K36J controllers and instructions for Safety Cars (Birney). Has diagrams for electrical paths. Has a table of contents, covers electrical, faults, braking, failures of braking, emergency braking, dead man controls, signal instructions for Bendigo and General Instructions. C1940. See also Reg Item 3486 for another version. trams, tramways, sec, instructions, traffic staff, motormen, bendigo, training, signals

Demonstrates documentation and methods used to prepare annual reports for each SEC tram system.Report - 9 sheets, (8 foolscap), titled "Annual Report - Bendigo Tramways", dated 30/6/1956. Memo dated 31/10/1956 to the Ballarat office. Report signed by J H Sutherland. Report comprises information on Rolling stock, and Tram depot Maintenance, painting, spare parts ex Geelong, tram track maintenance including personnel numbers, overhauls, traffic, personnel, accidents, injuries and lost property. A separate report is provided for overhead. trams, tramways, bendigo, annual reports, rolling stock, traffic staff, trackwork, personnel, accidents, overhead, tramcars, maintenance

Demonstrates documentation and methods used to advise of changes to fare tickets and bylaws in both Ballarat and Bendigo.Amendment sheet - with adhesive backing detailing changes to Tourist tickets, fare sections (3d and 2d), children fares. Applies to both Ballarat and Bendigo. Undated - c1950's? tramways, trams, bendigo, ballarat, tickets, fares

Document titled "Tramway Maintenance Minutes of 3rd Annual Conference March 30 and April 13, 1953" in the Bendigo and the Geelong offices. See item 9192 for Notes and Agenda for this meeting. Topics covered - cleaning of trams, tracks, track surface repairs, sleepers, car renovation, painting, flooring, notes on a Ballarat Field inspection, disinfecting blinds, electrical systems, truck maintenance, castings, maintenance costs, trolley wheels, employees duties and a summary of actions. Each item where relevant looks back at the actions from the previous conference. Has a list of attendees.Yields information and demonstrates SEC Meeting minutes about discussions between the three Provincial operators about tramcars and operations.Minutes - 50 duplicated foolscap sheets pinned with a folding clip in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, ballarat, bendigo, tramcar equipment, maintenance, trackwork, overhead, painting, trolley wheels, motors, one man trams, employees

Demonstrates a consultation process and yields information about the process that saw the eventual take over of the ESCo and MESCo tramways by the SECMinutes - 23 carbon copy foolscap sheets - minutes or transcript of a meeting between the SEC and the City of Ballarat and Borough of Sebastopol 28/10/1929 to regarding the SEC take over and agreements with the locals councils, pending authorisation by Parliament. Sir John Monash led the SEC group Has a list of attendees. trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, ballarat, bendigo, city of ballaarat, borough of sebastopol