Record of Correspondence and associated documents.Letters etc in approx date order.Set of documents covering the engineering management of the BTPS including tramcar inspections, letters re equipment, minutes of Board meetings, budgets, reports, and correspondence with other museums.btps, bpts depot, depot trackwork, correspondence, meeting minutes, civil engineeringbtps, bpts depot, depot trackwork, correspondence, meeting minutes, civil engineering

Record of Correspondence and associated documents.Letters etc in approx date order.Set of documents covering the engineering management of the BTPS including tramcar works, depot works, letters re equipment, minutes of Board meetings, budgets, reports, and correspondence with other museums and organisations.btps, bpts depot, depot trackwork, correspondence, meeting minutes, civil engineeringbtps, bpts depot, depot trackwork, correspondence, meeting minutes, civil engineering

Record of Correspondence and associated documents.Letters etc in approx date order.Set of documents covering the engineering aspects of the development of the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society trackwork, the design of the depot extension in the mid 1970s, financial, letters to and from the City of Ballaarat, meeting mintues, provision of a power supply by the SECV. Includes a drawing of SEC Assets in Wendouree Parade and inspection of air tanks.btps, bpts depot, depot extensions, depot trackwork, correspondence, meeting minutesbtps, bpts depot, depot extensions, depot trackwork, correspondence, meeting minutes

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, dated Tuesday 11/7/1972 showing the temporary trackwork laid from Wendouree Parade to the BTPS depot to facilitate moving trams to their building. Features a photograph looking from Wendouree Parade. Has depot building in the background. One of a large group of newspaper cuttings from John Bainbridge, 7/4/02.btps, trackwork, bpts depot

Produced by R.J. Groves in 1974 for the BTPS to document the Depot Junction that was built.Yields information about the rail bending and layout details for Depot Junction that was built in 1974 for the BTPS.Original print of the "Ballarat Tourist Tramway / Wendouree Parade Connection", showing the track layout as prepared, engineering dept. no 5712/11 & 12. Signed J.R. Groves, 21-10-74.Original hand drawn document in pencil on tracing paper. Has a fold in top right hand corner.ballarat, ballarat tramways, btps, bpts depot

Colour slide of BTPS No. 33 being serviced on the 3 road extension "pit" which allowed for people to crawl underneath the tram to do brakes etc. People in the photo - Andrew Hall, Gavin Young, and Graeme Jordan. Photo by David Frost, April 1979.Yields information about the use of inspection pit at the BPTS depot to service trams and the people involved.Colour Slide - Kodak cardboard mount - dated April 1979.tramways, btps, depot fan, tramcar maintenance, tram 33

Set of three photographs of the first big depot shunt - swapping a bogie car from No. 3 road which had both 38 and 40 placed onto it with a single trucker in order to give more working space in the depot. This took place after the completion of the depot fan sufficiently to enable this, including the installation of the former Lydiard St crossover. Has trams 26, 27 and 40 in the photo. It took a lot of winching with the tree puller on 10/2/1973.Yields information about the shunting of trams on the BPTS depot fan in order to give more working space in the depot.Colour Slide - Kodak cardboard mounts - set of 3Have the photographer's slide number written on them. "2/73/20 to 22"tramways, btps, trackwork, depot, tram 26, tram 27, tram 40

Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Saturday Magazine - featuring the BTPS and 10 years since the closure of the Ballarat System. Published on 19/9/1981. Article contains a story of the Ballarat tramways, the establishment of the Museum, closure, and a statement from Richard Gilbert, General Manager of the BTPS. Article written by John Dyall. Notes that the depot extension is to be "officially opened today" and that coupons are printed in the newspaper, giving free rides for the day. Article features: 1635i1 - photo of tram 27 in Wendouree Parade with the Brambles advertisement on the roof, Twin Lakes sign and showing 'St Aidans Drive'. 1635i2 - photo of single truck car southbound in Lydiard St. North, taken from Craig's Hotel. 1635i3 - map of the tramway system from a Modern Tramway Magazine. Map prepared by W. J. Wyse compiled from a sketch drawn by A.T. Marshall. Map dated 3/62 2nd copy added 26-05-2006 1635.1 - Free ride coupon - giving details of free ride offer on 19 and 20 Sept. 1981. 1635.2 - pages 28 and 29 and associated pages of The Courier, containing the above items. Yields information about the Ballarat tram system and the BPTS 10 years after closure.Newspaper clipping from The Courier Ballarat, Saturday Sept. 19, 1981. Two copies held.btps, 10th anniversary, depot extensions, ballarat history

Yields information about the construction of the BPTS depot in early 1974 and its appearance.Set of four Black and white photographs of how the BTPS operated during the early days of the BTPS. Based on the troughing being placed for No. 2 road only, photo dated by a list in the 1972-73 Annual Report at May to June 1973. .1 - ? Bounds standing alongside No. 27, which was operated as a Museum display. .2 - Just the tram itself - was pushed out of the shed by hand. .3 - A general scene with visitors and workers. .4 - pushing the tram back in again at the end of the day. Note the sign is different in the front of No. 27, or no sign, indicating different days. See 1972 - 1973 Annual Report which has a list of dates on page 3 of events at the depot.trams, tramways, depot fan, btps, operations, tram 27