Details the many components that went to make up a Melbourne cable tram grip. All drawings prepared by the MMTB. The second set has more components, generally bolts. See pdf files cable grip part 1, part 2 and part 3 for full details. R3485 - General Arrangement - provides a list of the parts Index - lists all the parts and relevant drawing number R3486 - Cable Grip Lever R3487 - Cable Grip Palm Handle R3488 - Cable Grip Pawl Rod Bracket and Bolt R3493 - Pawl Box, Guard Plate and Bolt R3494 - Pawl Latch Bracket R3496 - Adjusting Screw R3498 - Cable Grip Socket R3499 - Shoe and Shoe screws R3501 - Cable Grip Link R3502 - Quadrant R3503 - Crossbar R3504 - Slide and Slide end R3505 - Cheek R3506 - Protection Piece R3510 - Top Die Holder R3511 - Back Guard R3512 - Die R3513 - Bottom Die Holder R3514 - Sole Plate R3515 - Sheave R3518 - Swinger R3519 - Swinger Frame and Setscrew R3525 - Top Guide Plate R3534 - Sheave Protector R3535 - Sheave Centre R3541 - Hornbar WasherSet of 31 blueprint drawings within a brown paper folder and two brass fold back pins securing the drawings. Second copy - set of 38 drawings, black and white, loose in a sleeve. Has Mr Pratt on front cover. Date Stamped "6 Mar. 1934"trams, tramways, cable trams, cable grip, mmtb, lists

The photo shows a man in a MMTB uniform standing beside a tram-shaped booth, made from a cable tram labeled "Tramway Enquiry Bureau," displaying maps and framed pictures of scenery, with a large sign reading "COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA" in the background. The tram has signs advertising dummies or grip cars for sale at 5 pounds each and bell punches for 5/- & 7/6 each. On the floor of the car is one of the working models of the cable tram grip and a map showing electric and cable lines. In the background is a sign for Burgoyne's Empire Wines. Possibly for a Royal Show at Flemington mid to late 1920's after the conversion of Swanston St. Bell punches were phased out during the early 1920s.Demonstrates the conversion of a cable grip for use at a public event or show.Black and white photographmmtb, royal show, cable trams, bell punches, cable grip

Photo of a cable grip or dummy at the Abbotsford St terminus, North Melbourne. This line closed during July 1935 and was converted to electric trams. Photographer and date unknown, mid 1930s?Yields information about the Abbotsford St terminus, early 1930s.Black and white print with a plain backtrams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, north melbourne

Photograph, shows four ladies sitting or standing alongside a cable grip car or dummy with two uniformed MMTB crew standing behind. In the background is a dressmaker's shop. The tram has a sign that it goes to the "Apollo" theatre which was located at the east end of Bourke St. Photographer unknown, c1940.Yields information about the use of cable trams by shoppers.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear.Has on the rear in pencil number "48"tramways, cable trams, passengers

Photograph of a cable tram grip car No. 448 after arrival in Sydney for Museum of Technology (Ultimo) at their Alexandria store. Keith notes that it was acquired from the ground of Monash University. The Sydney Tram Museum has since rebuilt the tramcar - see Trolley Wire.. Printed in the Daily Telegraph Sydney 18/12/1962.Yields infomation about a Sydney cable tram grip car.Photograph - Black and white and newspaper clipping. Two prints heldIn ink on the rear: "Sydney - Melbourne cable tram grip car No. 448 after arrival in Sydney for Museum of Technology (Ultimo) at their Alexandria store. Acquired from the ground of Monash University. Daily Telegraph Sydney 18/12/1962" and Australian Consolidated press Copyright photo stamp. KSK print number FS1 trams, tramways, cable trams, sydney, sydney tram museum, tram 448

The photograph shows the classic passenger view from the front off-side seat looking thought the front apron of dummy car. Also shown a cable set approaching from the opposite direction. The location appears to be Royal Parade based on the rock edging, street lighting placement and paired tree planting. Yields information about cable trams in the 1930s.Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales.trams, tramways, cable trams, gripmen, dummy, royal parade

Photo of the dummy or grip car decorated for the Celebration of Peace July 1919. Decorated dummy and car which, electrically illuminated, traversed the Melbourne cable tramways in celebration of peace, on the evenings of Monday and Tuesday, the 14th and 15th July, 1919. Photographed in a car house or depot. Refer to items 4255 and 4256 for further details.Yields information the grip car decorated for the Celebration of Peace.Black and White photograph on plain paper. Second copy has a wider view and plain back.First view has TMSV Sales stamp and note on rear.world war 1, cable trams, celebrations, peace tram, tramway board, grip car

Photograph shows a cable tram grip car or dummy shunting in Collins St at the Spencer St terminus, 1928. Has the State Savings Bank, now the Batman Hill Hotel and a truck sales dealer in the background. Thee are two uniformed crew around the tram. Yields information about the Collins St cable tram terminus.Small black and white print with note on rear. On Kodak paper.In pencil "1928 cable tram dummy shunting at Spencer St near Rway station"tramcars, tramways, cable trams, collins st

Digital Image of a cable tram dummy or grip car in a workshop being repaired. The seats have been removed and car partly dismantled. The grip is handing from the roof of the car. The original apron mesh is fitted along with a different coupling fitting to that of later grip cars. There are three workmen in the photo, one holding a large engineer's hammer. The car is lettered for the North Carlton to Brighton Road route with lettered glass in the the roof section, including one for "HBRy Station" - Hobsons Bay Railway Station.Yields information about the repair of cable trams at car houses or depots or the principal Nicholson St Car Repair shop.Digital image of a photograph.cable trams, workshops, depots, grip car, dummies, repairs

Original prints - dyeline or blue prints of drawings used in W R Pollock's report on the Cable Tram System engine houses and the cable rope 1 - Typical Power House layout 2 - Section of Cable Driver 3 - Layout of rope drive 4 - Section of Cable Track 5 - Tar burner (see item 9696 for the actual item 6 - Yoke brackets for line drums 7 - Tunnel Yoke 8 - Elevating wheel 9 - Curve Pulley 10 - Curve Pulleys - different to above 11 - Curve drums 12 - cable separating pulley 13 - Yoke Pulley 14 - Yoke brackets for drums (one sheet - two scans) 15 - Automatic Switch gear 16 - Hand operated switch gear 17 - Hand pickup 18 - cable ways - section B 19 - Diagram of Rope - Clarendon St No. 41 20 - Strand Alarm 21 - Rope Splice 22 - Cable Grip 23 - Crown Pulley - Longitudinal section 24 - Crown Pulley - cross section though line.Yields information about the cable operations, drawings, pulleys, and how the various facilities or equipment was provided for.Set of 24 drawings that were used as an appendices to W R Pollocks Report "The Melbourne Cable Tramway System"cable trams, cable grip, cable ropes, grip tram, engine houses, drawings, mtoco, mmtb

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of a poster / drawings showing the operation of the Grip Kicker Gear - which when activated forced the cable from the grip, such as when crossing over another cable. Refers to a model of this apparatus.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, cables, cable grip

Set of three photographs, showing former cable tram grips or dummies at Wattle Park with motor cars alongside or people seated on them Photographer and date unknown - 1930s.Yields information about the re use of cable grip cars at Wattle Park.Set of 3 Black and white photograph with notes on rearOn rear in pencil numbers "137, 138 and 139" in pencil in top right hand corner and "Wattle Park".tramways, cable trams, grip car, wattle park, dummy

Agfa Colour slide, cardboard, by Keith Caldwell dated 17-3-1963 of Les Twentyman's cable trams set rolled out for photographs in Northcote. Grip car has the destination of West Melbourne.In ink "Cable Grip car and trailer 17-3-1963.trams, tramways, cable trams, northcote, preserved trams

Paper presented to the 31/3/1927 Annual meeting of the Victorian Institute of Engineers by W R Pollock, titled "Melbourne Cable Tramway System". Covers the motive power, the steam engines themselves, horse power required for the system of cables, operations, effects of flooding on the cable, the cables themselves, rope materials, changing ropes over, use of pulleys, supervision of the ropes, wearing of the rope, repairs, operation of the cables, bunched strands, splicing of new ropes into old ropes, keeping of records, and country of manufacture. Followed by a series of questions and answers from attendees; operation of the grip, could ropes be made in Australia and loading on the cable.Yields information about the cables used in the cable trams system, its operations, repairs and wear.Journal - printed, centre stapled, 24 pages - proceedings of 31/3/1927.Has some corrections to the text of the cable tram paper.cable trams, cable grip, cable ropes, grip tram, engine houses, winding house

Typed original of the text for item 1836 - "Melbourne Cable Tramways - Details of Construction and Operation of the Power Houses and Track". See item 9692 for the associated drawings. The report compiled by William R. Pollock, MMTB Power House Superintendent. Report not dated, possibly late to mid 1930's. Consists of 12 pages of notes on the power house, cable operation and repairs, the grip and other aspects of operation. Published by the MMTB. See also Reg Item 7895 for the drawings and 2129 re Mr. Pollock's employment.Yields information about the cables used in the cable trams system, its operations, repairs and wear.Report - typed carbon copy 15 foolscap sheets titled "The Melbourne Cable Tramway System"cable trams, cable grip, cable ropes, grip tram, engine houses, winding house

Set of 23 tender documents, typed or duplicated, for the Tramway Board, typed or printed onto Foolscap sheets. Each give some detail of the contract, quantities, delivery and quality. Short titles are: .1 - Contract No. 4 - supply and delivery of wood paving blocks. .2 - No. 5 - steel castings .3 - No. 7 - rolled steel bars for grip dies .4 - No. 9 - rolled mild steel plates .5 - No. 10 - Kerosene oil .6 - No. 12 - Tar paving .7 - No. 13 - steel files .8 - No. 15 - iron castings .9 - No. 16 - cotton waste .10 - No. 18 - hemp rope .11 - No. 19 - tar oils .12 - No. 23 - steel wire rope (for cables) .13 - No. 24 - cotton waste .14 - No. 26 - iron castings .15 - No. 27 - purchase and removal of cottage at 87 Acland St St Kilda .16 - No. 28 - radial drilling machine .17 - No. 29 - steel castings .18 - No. 31 - paving blocks .19 - No. 33 - cotton waste .20 - No. 40 - substation building at Rathdown Street .21 - No. 47 - iron castings .22 - No. 54 - steel castings .23 - No. 72 - tar oils - from the Board's distilling works in Flinders St extension. Documents note scanned, just two samples.trams, tramways, tramway board, tenders, cable trams, grip tram, equipment, substation, cable grip, cables, demolition

Black and White Photograph of the cable tram Grip mechanism with a piece of cable on a stand in a workshop environment. Has a spanner on a wooden cabinet, that may have allowed a person to stand on and work or test the mechanism. Shows the trip in detail. Photographed onto a glass plate with the words "The 'Grip" used on Melbourne cable tramway cars 30,094 GWW" Printed on Ilford Paper.On rear in pencil "A 2199"trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, workshops, cables

Photo shows the title of an article in the USA published journal 'Street Railway Review' featuring a grip or dummy and trailer 68. Has the route of St Kilda and North Carlton on the side of the tram.Yields information about an article on Melbourne cable trams.Set of two copy photographs of the title of an article on Melbourne cable tram system published 1896 by Street Railway Review.Melbourne – cable grip with trailer No. Probably 1896 edition. Melbourne – cable grip car with Trailer No. “Street Railway Review” – p495, probably 1896. Copy neg Mark Plummer collections ex late John Alfred collection. cable trams, tramways, articles, melbourne, street railway review

Newspaper clipping from The Age, 22/2/1947, titled "Memories of the Cable Trams", recalling the days of the cable trams, its developments, recalling the good and bad of the cable trams, working on hot and cold days. Has a photo of a grip man in MMTB uniform and a cable tram in Bourke St.trams, tramways, cable grip, cable trams, closure, crews

Photograph shows a former Melbourne cable tram dummy or grip car placed on the ground without its wheels and in use as a shelter, near the Eaglehawk tram terminus, Feb. 1941. Photo by Ken Train.Demonstrates the use of former Melbourne cable tram dummy or grip cars as a low cost shelter.Photograph - black and white with typed notes on rear.9/2 4I. Old cable tram dummy, near Eaglehawk tram terminus, Bendigo." Ken Magor stamp with "per K Train".cable trams, grip car, dummy, shelters, eaglehawk, bendigo

Black and white photograph of a cable tram grip mechanism showing the height of the item with two men alongside. Shows the detail and has a section of cable in the jaw of the grip. Photo from the Collection of the Department of Infrastructure now with the Public Records Office - image number H173. Note: this photo is now out of copyright and was not an original VR photograph, but one copied from another source and collected as their Heritage series.Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 173" in ink on rear and "1-16"trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, gripmen

Compact Diskette in a paper envelope with a video made from film taken by Neville Govett with voice over by Robert Green. With the CD are a photocopy of notes provided by Neville at the time of production on the sources, how made, when and that a copy had gone to the TMSV c1980. Has explanations on how the cable system worked, shunting of tramcars, views of the cars operating in Bourke and other streets, the Gertrude and Nicholson St powerhouse and other features. The last sheet (i6) - copy of an article written by Lorna Hanna, niece to Neville, wrote for the March 2013 issue of the North and West Melbourne News, with particular notes on the North Melbourne route and its operation. CD is a copy of an original held by Robert, provided by Robert on 26/7/2014 in time for the Melbourne Open House Day. DVD files converted to an AVI file 11/12/14 for showing at depot on PC - see htd553movie.avi in image files.trams, tramways, cable trams, north melbourne, abbotsford st., melbourne, cable grip, cables

Has a portion of a cable in the mechanism. See also item 8338 for a similar photograph.Demonstrates a Melbourne cable tram grip mechanism.Digital Image of a grip mechanism as used in the Melbourne cable trams - with caption. Has a portion of a cable in the mechanism.trams, tramways, cable trams, cables, cable grip

Report - four foolscap sheets, clipped in top left hand corner titled "Yoke Frames for Supporting line pulleys in tunnel", dated 18/10/1916 by Mr. P. J. Pringle for the Tramway Board. Report on issues with the cable tramway yokes looking at the problems with wear, cracking, dimensions, and depth that the grip could run. Noted differences between the south and north sides of the system. Work done by Mr Blackwell and Mr. Watt. Has two sheets of tables listing the problems.trams, tramways, cable trams, cable grip, cables, maintenance, track repairs

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of the demolition of winding sheave pit - location not known. As there are four pins in this pit and the pit extends at right angles to the former double track it maybe outside a winding house. Note the size of the brick pit and the rail reinforced concrete lid. Possibly 1930s.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, cable grip, cables, winding houses

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of a cable car set shunting at the Bourke Street terminus by Spencer Street. Grip car has the destination of "Spencer St", while the trailer, car No 581 shows "Northcote". The crews are shown on their respective cars. The photo appears to be taken in the 1930's bases on the motor cars in view. The photograph has a satin finish.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, cable grip, crews, bourke st, tram 581

Series of three photos showing the loading and transportation to the 1978 Transport Cavalcade held on Monday 30-1-1978. All from The Age. The donor has written detailed descriptions on the rear. The second photo features Len Millar a tramway historian. the 3rd photographs features Birney tram X 217, Z 1 and Y1 613.Yields information about the preparations and the 1978 Transport Cavalcade.Set of three images of cable grip card 436 and of the 1978 Transport Cavalcade.See images of the rear of each print.tramways, transport, cable trams, alf twentyman, transport cavalcade, spencer street, x class, tram 217, tram 1, z class

Photo of a cable tram set at the Port Melbourne terminus, with the grip man and conductor on the grip car. Trailer 449. In the background is Station Pier and shipping. The grip car has the destination of Collins St on the front and "Connects with Collins St electric cars" on the side. Yields information about the Port Melbourne cable tram terminus March 1937, prior to its closure soon after.Negative of a cable grip car at the Port Melbourne terminus. - Black and white print also held.Written on rear of album print "Cable tram No. 449 at Port Melbourne terminus" Written on the back of the second copy is "Graham St Port Melbourne on last day of advertised running although they went on for another week. No. 449, 6 March 1937. photo Wal Larsen." In ink "PSM 3" and in pencil in top right hand corner "176"trams, tramways, cable trams, port melbourne, station pier, tram 449

1 - employee with a uniform cap - could be a shunter - lifting the cable into the adjacent grip car. Marked on rear as "Lonsdale St" .2 - worker in a cable pulley maintenance pit oiling the mechanism - note the other pits. Has put a "Danger" sing out on the roadway. Marked on rear "Bourke and Spring St 1938" Two copies held and one digital image from a scene shot. .3 - a worker watching the cable entering a winding house looking for damage - what a boring job! Marked on rear as "Checking cables 1938" .4 - communications pillar - or box - to communicate with the winding house .5 - photos shows the grip in the roadway Images have been reproduced from a movie - Commuting by Cable?Yields information of the cable tram operations c1938.Series of five Black & White Photographs by the TMSV Sales and one digital image from Commuting by Cable. Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear with some notes in pencil on the rear as shown above.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, cables, winding house