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

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

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