The honor board recognizes and records the names of office bearers and sporting champions between the years 1960 - 1976. The board records office bearer's president, secretary and treasurer. Sporting champions are recorded for the following: Billiards, Snooker, Table Tennis, Quoits, Carpet Bowls, Carpet Bowls Pairs, Tennis, Badminton, Bias Bowls Pairs, Bias Bowls Singles. The board represents the social life of the organization and the range of sports conducted by the social club on behalf of members. The majority of sports are conducted indoors, possibly in the clubrooms.A varnished wooden board in two sections, recording the office bearers and club champions of the social club between the years 1960 - 1976. The lettering for each year is printed on a wooden slat adhered to the board; lettering is in gold leaf. The emblem of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria is in the upper left-hand corner. honor board, ballarat electricity supply and social club, ballarat tramway employees social club, ballarat electricity supply and tramway employees social club, secv, billiards, snooker, table tennis, quoits, carpet bowls, carpet bowls pairs, tennis, badminton, bias bowls pairs, bias bowls singles

Yields information about the history of electric tramcars in Ballarat and their backgrounds.Eight pages of notes, listings of Electric tram stock in Ballarat - dated 1939 and 1941, detailing building, providing details, scrapping dates, updated to 1947, coloured destination discs, notes re specific trams, seating capacity, summer trams, Sebastopol cars, horse tram trailers, ESCo trams. Contained within Reg Item 5485 - Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "No. 2 - Ballarat Tramways & S.E.C. Systems". trams, tramways, ballarat, esco, sec, destination indicators, tramcars

Newspaper cutting from The Courier, 17/11/1962 titled "Archives Council Makes History", taped to a memo from Manager Ballarat Branch to the Engineer/Manager dated 23/11/1962 about SEC Commissioner Sir Alexander Fitzgerald visit to Ballarat as part of the Business Archives Council and made remarks at the dinner about the trams staying in Ballarat.Yields information about the comments made by Sir Alexander Fitzgerald, a SECV Commissioner about Ballarat's trams staying in service.Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, taped to a quarto sheet with rounded corners - part of an SECV internal memorandum.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, closure, archives, secv commissiones

Henry Sutton taught Electricity and Magnetism at the Ballarat School of Mines. The first reference to this room was in the 1900 Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report: 'The dynamo has been connected by cables to a switchboard in the new lecture-room ... '. Black and white photograph of the interior of a classroom at the Ballarat School of Mines, including a number of desks, and gas light fittings. The room was the Electricity and Magnetism Classroomballarat school of mines, scientific equipment, electricity, electricity classroom, classroom, henry sutton, laboratory, m4351

Henry Sutton taught Electricity and Magnetism at the Ballarat School of Mines. The first reference to this room was in the 1900 Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report: 'The dynamo has been connected by cables to a switchboard in the new lecture-room ... '. Black and white photograph of the interior of a classroom at the Ballarat School of Mines, including a number of desks, and gas light fittings. The room was the Electricity and Magnetism Classroomballarat school of mines, scientific equipment, electricity, electricity classroom, classroom, henry sutton, laboratory

Set of documents - copies and originals titled 2440.1 - Copy of original document on heat sensitive photocopy foolscap size paper - Photostatted. 2440.2 - copy - from above on toner printed photocopy and reduced to A4 size - made June 2003 by Alan Bradley. 2440.3 - original copy on foolscap paper, stapled in top left hand corner - two copies held. Document details General rules such as hours of duty, fire, accidents behaviour; Depot Operation - Safety Rules detailing many procedural rules about work safety on trams. The 5th page details rules governing track repair employees, such as safety, breaking of rail circuits and use of bitumen boilers. See Also Reg Item 3705 for an earlier version. 2nd copy added 12/5/2021 - original copy. Scanned and added. 2440 - Copy of original document on heat sensitive photocopy foolscap size paper - Photostatted. 2440 - copy - copy from above on toner printed photocopy and reduced to A4 size - made June 2003 by Alan Bradley. Document details General rules such as hours of duty, fire, accidents behaviour; Depot Operation - Safety Rules detailing many procedural rules about work safety on trams. The 5th page details rules governing track repair employees, such as safety, breaking of rail circuits and use of bitumen boilers. See Also Reg Item 3705 for an earlier version. 2nd copy added 12/5/2021 - original copy. Scanned and added.Demonstrates a SECV Safety and procedures document.Photocopy and original of 'State Electricity Commission of Victoria / Ballarat Electricity Supply and Tramways / Rules Governing Depot Employees' consisting of four pages.trams, tramways, sec, safety, depot, rules, instructions

This generator is associated with James Oddie, and possibly Henry Sutton. Early Grey generatorelectricity generator, ballarat power station, ballarat electricity supply

Yields information about Ballarat and its locations or environs late 1938.Pages 11,12, 19 and 20 of the centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district by the Ballarat Courier - March 1938. See also items 186, 198 and 199. Page 11 Royal visits, banking in Ballarat, photos - NW section of Ballarat, railway station in foreground. Ads for J.McKay and Son, Roy Reeds (Men's store) and Ballarat Gas Co. Also photo of "The Corner" in Sturt St. - old Mining Exchange. Page 12 - full page ad for Morseheads, women's store. Page 19 - articles - Ballarat Lighting and Power, ESCo, SEC, electric trams. photos of the Arch of Victory, first electric tram, Lake Wendouree. Advertisements for Austin Spears (cycles), McDougall and Chisholm (drapers), W.E. Longhurst (bread) and the ES&A bank. Also article on South St. Society - music and elocution. Page 20 - articles - Ballarat Gas Co., horse and electric trams, agriculture in district and Ballarat's war record (WWI). Photos of work at Gong Gong Reservoir and Committeemen of the Ballarat Horticultural Society - 1859 to 1885. Ads for Ballarat College, Clarendon, Queens (girls) and Ballarat Grammar schools, Ern Craig Motors (Vauxhall) and Snows men's wear. Record reviewed and images of pages added 7-9-2013 and 10-9-2013trams, tramways, ballarat electricity, centenary, banking, transport, trams, esco

Yields information regarding hardness tests carried out on tramway tyres and brake shoes.SEC drawing number W-598, "Location of Hardness Tests on Tramway. Brake Shoes & Tyres". Drawn 23/05/1956. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding quick release doors and windows in Ballarat, Bendigo, and Geelong maximum traction tramcars.SEC drawing number W442 A, "Escape Facilities. Maximum Traction Tramcars". Revision A. Drawn 16/10/1951. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding Rotary Converters (Armature Oscillating Device) as used in Bendigo.SEC drawing number VW4/9 A, "Provincial Tramways. Rotary Converters - Bendigo. Details of Armature Oscillating Device.". Revision A. Drawn 10/7/1959. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding "Vee Ring" which is formed in a hot plate die for GE202.SEC drawing number W409/1, "Micanite "Vee Ring" Commutator GE202 Tramways". Drawn 06/03/1952. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding cross section of 102lb grooved tramrail.SEC drawing number W-575, "102 LB. Grooved Tramrail". Drawn 18/05/1955. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding cross section of 80lb tramrail.SEC drawing number W-575/1, "80 LB. Rail Fishplate & Guardplate". Drawn 6/1955. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding tramrail hardening tests.SEC drawing number W-595, "Rail Hardening Tests by Commonwealth Industrial Gases". Drawn 3/5/1956. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding rubber buffer/barrier for tramrail.SEC drawing number W-610, "Rubber Buffer. Barrier Rail. Ballarat Bendigo Tramway". Drawn 24/08/1956. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding the Vee Ring for the GE202 tramcar motor.SEC drawing number WE-223/1, "Vee Ring Off Commutator of Tramcar Motor Type GE202". Drawn 27/10/1948. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding the Vee Ring and Sleeve for the GE202 tramcar motor.SEC drawing number WE-223/2, "Vee Ring and Sleeve Off Commutator of Tramcar Motor Type GE202". Drawn 27/10/1948. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding the physical dimension of a switch tongue.SEC drawing number VW4/31, "Provincial Tramways. 100'Rad Switch Tongue". Drawn 25/05/1967. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding the physical dimension of a window anti-rattle spring.SEC drawing number VW4/31, "Provincial Tramways. Window Anti-Rattle Spring". Drawn 25/05/1964. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding the physical dimension of a bolt for use with 80lb tramrail.SEC drawing number VW4/25, "Bolt. Guard Rail for 80LB T.Rail. Provincial City Tramways". Drawn 6/10/1954. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding the physical dimension of compression springs used with track switches for the Bendigo Tramway.SEC drawing number VW4/24, "Bendigo Tramways. Helical Compression Springs for 13'-0" Long Track Switches". Drawn 06/04/1963. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding the track welding unit circuit diagram.SEC drawing number VW4/21, "Tramways - Bendigo. G.E.C. Track Welding Unit Circuit Diagram". Drawn 08/02/1961. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Yields information regarding the mounting of advertising signs to tram bodies, both single truck and double bogie cars.SEC drawing number VW4/10, "Mounting of Advertising Boards on Single Truck & Double Bogie Cars. Advertising Board Details". Drawn 27/10/1959. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print. Traced from drawing VB4/30/1.Copy of originalsecv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Parody drawing of a beer jug - Tramway Tippler's Dream.SEC drawing number 0.1.4.MUG, "Tramway Tippler's Dream; The Patent Pint Pot". Parody drawing of a beer jug. Drawn 1950's. Beige paper copy of original dyeline print.Copy of original. "Tramway Tippler's Dream" written in pencil at the top of the page.secv, state electricity commission of victoria, ballarat tramway, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat, electricity supply department, works division

Features a photo of a cooking lesson in Electra Hall and the Mayor of Ballarat driving No. 30, following its conversion to the Ballarat style of trams in September the previous year at the time of the inauguration of the new rolling stock. Notes the progress in Ballarat in the last 18 months, reconditioning of the tram lines, the "new" trams, the changeover from DC to AC, new sub-stations, distribution networks and electrical development, including work at the power station. Has an "Important Notice" advising readers of the scope of the Departmental Journal "CONTACT" and its relationship with the social and sporting activities magazine "SEC MAGAZINE". See Reg Item 3011 for a print of the photo of No. 30. Record revised 3/4/2019 to add digital images with those from Andrew Cook CD and to include an item titled "A Page from Geelong" about a fractured pole, two minutes of silence and the impact on power generation and a thankyou letter. Demonstrates the reporting and promotion of SEC activities to its staff and public in Ballarat.Photocopy of an article in the State Electricity Commission of Victoria Magazine, Contact, Vol 1, No. 1, May 1936 titled "Progress in Ballarat". trams, tramways, sec, ballarat, electricity supply, tramcars, power station, electra hall, geelong, poles

Yields information about the costs of locally manufactured signal boxes for used on the tramways.Single sheet, demi foolscap, SEC Ballarat Electricity Supply and Tramways Memo giving the costing of locally manufactured signal boxes, resistances and contactors for the tramway - 10 boxes made up. Not formally dated, but c1939.Has been filled in using ink.trams, tramways, overhead, signals

Yields information about the way costs within the SEC was allocated between the tramway and electrical distribution services in Ballarat., Yields information about the way costs within the SEC was allocated between the tramway and electrical distribution services in Ballarat.Two page carbon copy of a memo, SEC Ballarat Electricity Supply and Tramways Office, dated 25/10/1938, from the Manager to the Tramways Inspector advising of the distribution of costs in relation to poles used for both tramways overhead and power distribution.Has on side margin, in red ink, Tramways overhead foreman to note.trams, tramways, overhead, trolley wire