Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Elizabeth Street cable tram pushed by workmen, Melbourne Herald, 9/3/1923
... ...ageing cables...A frequent cause was damage to the ageing cables and equipment. ...A frequent cause was damage to the ageing cables and equipment. Yields information about cable trams at the Elizabeth Street terminus North Melbourne Flinders Street Melbourne Herald embarrassment ageing cables Elizabeth St Cable Trams On rear in ink: "M&MTB, Hand shunting cable trams in Elizabeth St, at Flinders St, City. ...
Photograph shows at least four workmen (some in uniform) pushing a North Melbourne bound cable set, possibly up the slight incline away from Flinders Street. It is a copy from a selection of photographs that appeared in the Melbourne Herald, page 12 on 9 March 1923. The missing caption reads "STILL PUSHING! : A daily spectacle in Elizabeth Street -- the source of many a Sydney visitor's chuckle." The Herald often highlighted cable tram breakdowns that were an embarrassment to the city and an annoyance for passengers. A frequent cause was damage to the ageing cables and equipment. Yields information about cable trams at the Elizabeth Street terminus
Black and white photograph with note on rear. On rear in ink: "M&MTB, Hand shunting cable trams in Elizabeth St, at Flinders St, City. Copy ex Herald 9/3/23, in C Craig collection. I sec.f16 (15/7/71) K S Kings No. 95-20"north melbourne, flinders street, melbourne herald, embarrassment, ageing cables, elizabeth st, cable trams