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Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White Cable tram Johnston St Collingwood
... Black and White Cable tram Johnston St Collingwood...Photograph shows a cable tram or cable train, consisting...Photograph - Black and White Cable tram, trailer 524... Photograph shows a cable tram or cable train, consisting of a grip ...Photograph shows a cable tram or cable train, consisting of a grip car or dummy along with a trailer (No. 524) in Johnston St Collingwood. Tram has the destination of Collingwood.Yields information about the Collingwood cable line that closed in 1939.Photograph - Black and White Cable tram, trailer 524, Johnston St Collingwoodtrams, tramways, cable trams, tram 524, johnston st, collingwood -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - cable tram set with bogie trailer - Sydney Road c1910, C A Ratten
... cable tram set with bogie trailer - Sydney Road c1910...Photograph by C A Ratten of a cable tram set - bogie car...Black and white print of cable tram set - bogie car No. 472... Photograph by C A Ratten of a cable tram set - bogie car No. 472 ...Photograph by C A Ratten of a cable tram set - bogie car No. 472, Sydney Road, c1910. This photograph is featured in the Museum's March 2022 issue of Bellcord - page 10 which provided the story of A C F Lewellin Mechanic located in the building behind the tram. Based on the buildings the photo was able to be dated to be between 1909 and 1911. The tram is photographed just to the north of the Brunswick Tram Depot. Yields information about trams used in Sydney Road BrunswickBlack and white print of cable tram set - bogie car No. 472, Sydney Road, c1910trams, tramways, cable trams, tram 472, sydney road, brunswick, bogie trailers, a c f lewellin -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Keyring - Portland Cable Tram, n.d
... Keyring - Portland Cable Tram... Portland Cable Tram... tram with 'PORTLAND CABLE TRAM PORTLAND VICTORIA' around... of cable tram with 'PORTLAND CABLE TRAM PORTLAND VICTORIA' around ...Keyring, silver coloured, ships wheel with photo of cable tram with 'PORTLAND CABLE TRAM PORTLAND VICTORIA' around it. Attached to cardboard tag.tourism, souvenir of portland, portland cable tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable tram set No. 1 being moved to Preston Workshops, Keith Kings, 8-9-1974
... Cable tram set No. 1 being moved to Preston Workshops...The series of photos show the transport of the cable tram...Set of three photographs of cable tram set being moved from... The series of photos show the transport of the cable tram set from ...The series of photos show the transport of the cable tram set from the Science Museum to Preston Workshops where it was repainted before returning to the Museum. and displayed in a glass case in Russell St.Yields information about the movement of cable tram set from the Science Museum to Preston Workshops.Set of three photographs of cable tram set being moved from the Science Museum to Preston Workshops 1 - the grip car being lifted out of its shed at the Museum 2 - both vehicles loaded onto semi trailers - Lonsdale St at the corner with Russell St. 3 - the tram set in the lifting shop at Preston WorkshopsDetailed description on rear. K S Kings stamp with his photo numbers - 135-18, 20 and 27 tramways, cable trams, tram 1, science museum, preston workshops -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White Cable tram Brunswick Depot Sydney Road
... Black and White Cable tram Brunswick Depot Sydney Road...Photograph shows a cable tram or cable train, consisting...Black and White Cable tram Brunswick Depot Sydney Road... Photograph shows a cable tram or cable train, consisting of a grip ...Photograph shows a cable tram or cable train, consisting of a grip car or dummy along with a bogie trailer (No. 473) outside the Brunswick cable tram or car house with seven gripmen or conductors and possibly a manager around the grip car. The grip car has the destination of Royal Park. Yields information about the Brunswick cable line and the Brunswick Depot. Black and White Cable tram Brunswick Depot Sydney Road reproduced from a Newspaper.sydney road, trams, tramways, cable trams, brunswick depot, crews, grip men, conductors, tram 473 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Paper Bag - Portland Cable Tram, n.d
... Paper Bag - Portland Cable Tram...Portland Cable Tram... Cable Trams and Logo'.... Cable Tram Souvenir Large white advertising paper bag. Red stamp ...Large white advertising paper bag. Red stamp 'Portland Cable Trams and Logo'.portland cable tram, advertising -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable tram trailer 202 after a bad accident, 1890s
... Cable tram trailer 202 after a bad accident...Photograph of cable tram trailer 202 after a bad accident...Copy photograph - Cable tram trailer 202 after a bad...Photograph of cable tram trailer 202 after a bad accident ...Photograph of cable tram trailer 202 after a bad accident where the side of the vehicles has been very badly damaged. The tram has a sign "for the hospital' attached to it. Destination signs are Studley Park, Botanical Gardens, Johnston St, Lygon St, Swanston St and Chapel St. Photo appeared in an article on Melbourne cable trams published in 1896 in Street Railway Review - See item 6444Yields information about severity of damage to a cable tram trailer 1890s.Copy photograph - Cable tram trailer 202 after a bad accidentMelbourne “A bad wreck” – Trailer No. 202. Copy neg Mark Plummer collections ex late John Alfred collection. cable trams, tramways, accidents, nicholson st workshops, articles, tram 202, trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - large group cable tram employees 1940?
... Black and White - large group cable tram employees 1940?...The photograph shows a large group of about 80 cable tram...Photograph - Black and White of a large group of cable tram... The photograph shows a large group of about 80 cable tram workers ...The photograph shows a large group of about 80 cable tram workers or employees, officers, managers, inspectors, crew, and depot or car house workers on a cable tram. Note the destination on the trailer or cable car "via Smith St. Possibly taken prior to the closure of the cable tram system in October 1940 and could be at the Clifton Hill depot or car house. Photo used in a poster, Melbourne Tramways Past and Present - with the caption Depot Employees at Clifton Hill at Final Stage Oct. 1940 This photograph is Public Records Office photo H179 in the Victorian Railways collection.Yields information about the type of uniforms or office clothing worn by cable tram staff prior to the closure of the cable tram system, the type of and number of employee's at a depot. This is unlikely to include all the staff on the day.Photograph - Black and White of a large group of cable tram workers Clifton Hill Oct. 1940trams, tramways, cable trams, car houses, inspectors, grip men, conductors, workmen, group photo, mmtb, clifton hill depot -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Composite image of cable tram maintenance facilities and grip mecanism, 1910c
... Composite image of cable tram maintenance facilities and... of the equipment and operational facilities of the cable tram system...Composite photograph of cable tram maintenance facilities... of the equipment and operational facilities of the cable tram system ...Composite photograph from a journal showing five scenes of the equipment and operational facilities of the cable tram system - a power house, Nicholson St workshops paintshop, the iron shop and the wood shop. Includes an image of the grip mechanism.Yields information about the cable tram workshopsComposite photograph of cable tram maintenance facilities and grip mechanism.Melbourne 1 – Power House No. 3 2 – Paint shop – Nicholson St W/S 3 – Grip Mechanism 4 – Iron Shop – Nicholson St W/S 5 – Wood Shop – Nicholson St W/S Copy neg Mark Plummer collections ex late John Alfred collection. cable trams, melbourne, grip, workshops, nicholson st workshops, power house, engine house -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - demolishing cable tram track Smith and Gertrude Streets 1954/55
... Black and White - demolishing cable tram track Smith and... to enable cable trams to pass around the sharp curve, still one...Photograph - Black and White - demolishing cable tram track... The photograph shows the demolition or removal of the cable tram track ...The photograph shows the demolition or removal of the cable tram track at the intersection of Smith Street and Gertrude St Fitzroy, 1954/55. Photo shows the workmen excavating and demolishing parts of the massive infrastructure needed at this curve to enable cable trams to pass around the sharp curve, still one of the sharpest on today's Melbourne tram system. The outside cable tram track remains in position. The MMBW plan shows a large cable sheave pit on the outside of the curve. The 1955 Annual Report notes that work commenced following the completion of the Queen's visit in March 1954 and that all work was done by day-labour. The track was opened to service in late June 1955. Photographer is possibly Keith Kings.Yields information about the extent of work need to convert the former Northcote Cable tram route to Electric trams, the people, the extent of the original construction and the methods used to undertake the work.Photograph - Black and White - demolishing cable tram track Smith and Gertrude Streets 1954/55trams, tramways, cable trams, workmen, mmtb, demolition, track work, conversion, smith street, gertrude street, fitzroy -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - demolishing cable tram crossing 1954/55
... Black and White - demolishing cable tram crossing 1954/55.... Shows the former cable tram yokes that supported the slot rails...Photograph - Black and White - demolishing cable tram... The photograph shows the demolition or removal of the cable tram track ...The photograph shows the demolition or removal of the cable tram track at an un-identified location, showing the removal of the yokes and track where two cable lines crossed over each other. Shows the former cable tram yokes that supported the slot rails and some details of the cable tunnels and pits. The man in the bottom left could be cutting the yokes with an oxy-acetylene cutting torch. In the view are at the top of the photo some rails can be seen. There were a number of points where the cable tram crossed other electric or cable tram lines. Given the small work site and men involved the location could potentially be either Johnston Street and Smith Street or Johnston St and Nicholson Street. The 1955 Annual Report notes that work commenced following the completion of the Queen's visit in March 1954 and that all work was done by day-labour. Photographer is possibly Keith Kings.Yields information about the extent of work need to convert the former Bourke St group of Cable tram lines to Electric trams, the people, the extent of the original construction and the methods used to undertake the work.Photograph - Black and White - demolishing cable tram trackwork where two cables crossed over each other, 1954/55.trams, tramways, cable trams, workmen, mmtb, demolition, track work, conversion, smith street, fitzroy, johnston street, nicholson street -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1, 7/1919
... Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War...Photograph of the July 1919 decorated cable tram...Photograph Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace... Photograph of the July 1919 decorated cable tram, celebrating the end ...Photograph of the July 1919 decorated cable tram, celebrating the end of World War 1, soon after soon after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Decorated by the Tramway Board. See Reg Item 4256 for a timetable and 3692 and 6168 for other photos.Yields information about the decorated and illuminated cable tram set to mark the end of the World War 1Photograph Black and White - decorated cable tram - Peace - World War 1Melbourne “The Tramway Board’s Illuminated Peace Trams” Presumably 11/1919. Copy neg Mark Plummer collections ex late John Alfred collection.cable trams, world war 1, peace tram, decorated trams, tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - demolishing cable tram track Smith St and Queens Parade 1954/55
... Black and White - demolishing cable tram track Smith St and.... Fitzroy. The workmen are excavating the former cable tram track...Photograph - Black and White of the demolition of the cable... The photograph shows the demolition or removal of the cable tram track ...The photograph shows the demolition or removal of the cable tram track at the intersection of Smith St Gertrude St. Fitzroy. The workmen are excavating the former cable tram track The inbound cable tram track remains in position. The 1955 Annual Report notes that work commenced following the completion of the Queen's visit in March 1954 and that all work was done by day-labour. The track was opened to service in late June 1955. The second image is from a Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works plan (part) No. 1217 - Collingwood for the intersection, obtained for reference from the State Library of Victoria Collection of MMBW Plans. It shows the layout of the cables and the large sheave pit that the cable itself passed around. The trams were required to drop the cable from the grip prior to the entry to the curve and then coast around. Photographer is possibly Keith Kings.Yields information about the extent of work need to convert the former Northcote Cable tram route to Electric trams, the people and the methods used to undertake the work.Photograph - Black and White of the demolition of the cable tram track at the corner of Queens Parade - Smith St Clifton Hill.trams, tramways, cable trams, workmen, mmtb, demolition, track work, conversion, smith street, queens parade, clifton hill -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard - Set of 5 mounted cable tram postcards and one photograph, 1910s
... Set of 5 mounted cable tram postcards and one photograph...Postcards with one photograph, all featuring the cable tram...Set of 5 mounted cable tram postcards and one photograph...Postcards with one photograph, all featuring the cable tram ...Postcards with one photograph, all featuring the cable tram era, left to right, top to bottom: 1 - Parliament House and Treasury Melbourne 2 - Bourke St Melbourne from near Queen St looking east - has glitter added to the card surface. 3 - Spring St Melbourne 4 - Flinders Stand the Custom House Melbourne - part of the paper missing where a stamp has been removed. 5 - Cable tram set in a Parade, on a float, at the corner of Spring and Bourke Sts - early 1950s 6 - Elizabeth St Melbourne - looking south from Bourke St.Demonstrates a set of 6 postcards featuring Melbourne cable trams.Set of 5 mounted cable tram postcards and one photograph onto light weight boardtramways, spring st, bourke st, flinders st, cable trams, parades, elizabeth st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - Black and white - reproduction - Northcote cable tram trackwork - 1930s
... Black and white - reproduction - Northcote cable tram...Reproduction slide of a photograph of a cable tram... - reproduction - Northcote cable tram track work - 1930s... Reproduction slide of a photograph of a cable tram, eastbound ...Reproduction slide of a photograph of a cable tram, eastbound to Northcote in Bourke St during 1930s about to pass over track work under repairs. The woodblocks have been removed on either side of the track.Demonstrates tramway operations during trackwork - a flag can be seen on the left hand side of the photo.Kodachrome cardboard duplicate slide - Black and white - reproduction - Northcote cable tram track work - 1930s "CB13" in penciltrams, tramways, cable cars, cable trams, bourke street, trackwork -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Old cable tram dummy - Eaglehawk, Ken Train, 9/2/1941
... Old cable tram dummy - Eaglehawk ...Photograph shows a former Melbourne cable tram dummy...9/2 4I. Old cable tram dummy, near Eaglehawk tram...Photograph shows a former Melbourne cable tram dummy ...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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Tramway Board, Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type, late 1910's
... Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type...Used by a cable tram conductor to record the number of 2d...Ticket - Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type - grey card...Used by a cable tram conductor to record the number of 2d ...Used by a cable tram conductor to record the number of 2d fares collected from passengers. The Bell punch recorded the number of times a hole was punched in the slip. They were used by the cable trams until the mid-1920s when they were phased out and replaced by "flimsy" paper tickets. The item has been punched many times. Printed for the Tramway Board (1916 to 1919). Has space for 44 journeys. On one side, has space for the name Line, Date, Badge, car, time of starting, and signature, if a student conductor. Printed for use in the down direction. See item 7425 for an example in the Up Direction.Demonstrates a Cable Tram tram Conductors record of the trips sold/fare collected.Ticket - Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type - grey card, 2d fare.See abovetrams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, bell punch, tramway board, tb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - tickets, Tramway Board, Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type, 1910s
... Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type...Used by a cable tram conductor to record the number of 2d...Ticket - Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type - manila...Used by a cable tram conductor to record the number of 2d ...Used by a cable tram conductor to record the number of 2d fares collected from passengers. The Bell punch recorded the number of times a hole was punched in the slip. They were used by the cable trams until the mid-1920s when they were phased out and replaced by "flimsy" paper tickets. The item has been punched a number of times. Printed for the Tramway Board (1916 to 1919). Has space for 32 journeys. On one side, has space for the name Line, Date, Badge, car, time of starting, and signature, if a student conductor. Printed for use in the up direction. For an example for the Down direction and larger, see item 3335.Demonstrates a Cable Tram tram Conductors record of the trips sold/fare collected.Ticket - Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type - manila coloured card, 2d fare.tramways, tickets, cable trams, bell punch, tramway board, tb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - cable tram alarm signalling device - set of three
... Black and White - cable tram alarm signalling device - set... along the track and enabled the tram crew or a cable tram worker... cable tram signalling device.... and enabled the tram crew or a cable tram worker to send a signal ...Photograph shows the device used to send a "telegraph" signal to the winding or engine house. They were positioned along the track and enabled the tram crew or a cable tram worker to send a signal about the cable. The crew member would set the pointer and depress the trigger. This sent the signal which was recorded on a telegraph tape, indicating the signal and the location of an incident. Installed by the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. (MTOCo) This photograph is Public Records Office photo H165, 166 and 167 in the Victorian Railways collection.Yields information about the type of equipment the MTOCo used to operate the cable tram system.Set of three Photographs - Black and White of a Melbourne cable tram signalling device.trams, tramways, cable trams, mtoco, signalling, cables, engine houses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - group cable tram employees 1940?
... Black and White - group cable tram employees 1940?... tram set possibly at ? depot prior to the closure of the cable...Photograph - Black and White of a group of 12 cable tram... or management staff, a grip man and conductor on a cable tram set ...Photograph shows a group of three tramway inspectors, seven office or management staff, a grip man and conductor on a cable tram set possibly at ? depot prior to the closure of the cable system in October 1940. Related to Reg Item 6122, a large group photo taken with the same background location. The Poster see Reg Item 6368 contains this photo - "Official & Clerical Staff at Clifton Hill - last line to operate"Yields information about the type of uniforms or office clothing worn by cable tram staff prior to the closure of the cable tram system.Photograph - Black and White of a group of 12 cable tram employees - Inspectors, Office staff and crew 1940trams, tramways, cable trams, car houses, inspectors, grip men, conductors, clothing, suits, clifton hill -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Melbourne cable tram system, 1971?
... Melbourne cable tram system...Map showing the Melbourne cable tram system, with a list...Foolscap sheet - Map - Melbourne cable tram system showing... showing the Melbourne cable tram system, with a list of opening ...Map showing the Melbourne cable tram system, with a list of opening and closing dates for the various lines, opened by the Melbourne Tramways Trust. Shows engine houses and car houses (or depots), location names, railways, and a scale. Includes notes on other dates tracks were changed and the Northcote to Clifton Hill line. No marks as to who prepared the map.Yields information about the Melbourne Cable Tram system.Foolscap sheet - Map - Melbourne cable tram system showing tracks, car houses and engine houses.Has a date stamp 22 Apr 1971 in bottom right hand corner.tramways, cable trams, trams, map, melbourne tramways trust, mtt, engine houses, depots, car houses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard - Set of 6 mounted cable tram postcards, 1910s
... Set of 6 mounted cable tram postcards...Postcards, all featuring the cable tram era, left to right...Set of 6 cable tram postcards mounted on to light weight...Postcards, all featuring the cable tram era, left to right ...Postcards, all featuring the cable tram era, left to right, top to bottom: 1 - Town Hall Melbourne - damaged paper 2 - General view of Collins Street Melbourne - from Spring St looking west 3 - Central Railway Station, Melbourne - the principal building is complete though the roof along Swanston St over the other platforms is yet to be completed. 4 - Bourke St Melbourne - looking west from Swanston St - has the Wertheim and Roberts Stores in the view along with the post office. 5 - Bourke St Melbourne - looking east from Swanston St with Morells Orient Hotel and the Royal Mail Hotel on the two corners 6 - Melbourne from St Kilda Road.Demonstrates a set of 6 postcards featuring Melbourne cable trams.Set of 6 cable tram postcards mounted on to light weight boardtramways, flinders st station, swanston st, bourke st, collins st, st kilda road -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Print - Framed Print, "Cable Tram and Dummy - 1890 - 1900", 1900
... "Cable Tram and Dummy - 1890 - 1900"...Framed and glazed photograph of cable tram set, trailer... Trams tramways Melbourne Victoria St Cable Trams tram 233 ...Framed and glazed photograph of cable tram set, trailer 233, at the Victoria St Terminus, c1900. Has a factory and water tank in the background. Cable tram dummy is loaded with gentlemen and there is a paper boy in front of the trailer. Print mounted onto a wooden chip board and sealed with brown tape around the edges. Two screwed frame hanging supports on either side with one run of string between them. Frame - brown and gold with a buff and black line framed around the photograph. Print has the title "Cable Tram and Dummy - 1890 - 1900".On rear in ink at the top - "Donated to Hawthorn Tram Museum Feb. 19th 2012 Ron Scholten"trams, tramways, melbourne, victoria st, cable trams, tram 233 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable tram being towed out of North Fitzroy depot, The Age, late 1930s
... Cable tram being towed out of North Fitzroy depot...towing cable tram...The photograph shows a cable tram set being towed out... The photograph shows a cable tram set being towed out of a car depot ...The photograph shows a cable tram set being towed out of a car depot or car house by a tractor, North Fitzroy Nicholson St depot. The grip is in the raised position, with the gripman's hands on the brake levers. The conductor is waiting to pull the pin that secures the tow bar. The tram has the destination of Spencer St. Photo late 1930s or 1940. Note the Bundy clock on the depot wall.Yields information about towing a cable tram out of a car house probably shortly before closure of the cable tram system in 1940.Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper.On the rear has the Copyright stamp of The Age and pencil number "KM-M-007", Ken Magor stamp, "tram being towed out of depot" and number 4838.cable trams, tractor, towing cable tram, car house, north fitzroy depot -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - cable tram lighting battery workers
... Black and White - cable tram lighting battery workers... in Melbourne Cable trams. This lighting was introduced by the Tramway...Photograph - Black and White of a group of 5 cable tram... to cable trams and the workers involved and their clothing. trams ...Photograph shows a group of five cable tramway employees with a cart containing batteries to supply power for lights in Melbourne Cable trams. This lighting was introduced by the Tramway Board (TB), the forerunner to the MMTB during 1917. A motor generator at each car house or depot provided the power to charge the batteries which were then placed in each tram for the day. Reference - The Commonwealth Engineer 1/8/1917 - Reg Item 2568. The equipment was provided by the General Electric Company. The cart has the letters "TB CH" possibly indicating Clifton Hill Depot and the batteries are lettered "NE" and then given a number. Photo date unknown - 1917 to 1940. This photograph is Public Records Office photo H84 in the Victorian Railways collection.Yields information about the type of batteries used to provide lighting power to cable trams and the workers involved and their clothing. Photograph - Black and White of a group of 5 cable tram battery workers and their cart.trams, tramways, cable trams, lights, depots, car houses, general electric, batteries, clifton hill, tramway board -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Framed image - MTOCo cable tram set No. 1 - Preston Workshops, 1974
... Framed image - MTOCo cable tram set No. 1 - Preston... No. 1 at Preston Workshops. The cable tram set, owned... No. 1 at Preston Workshops. The cable tram set, owned ...Photo is of Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. cable tramset No. 1 at Preston Workshops. The cable tram set, owned by the Museum of Victoria was refurbished by Preston Workshops during 1974/75. Yields information about cable tram set 1 following its refurbishment by the MMTB at Preston WorkshopsFramed photograph part gold timber frame, glazed, card cutout, colour photograph, paper backing with cloth hanging cord.tramways, preston workshops, cable trams, tram 1 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - demolishing cable tram track Swanston St 1925-1926
... Black and White - demolishing cable tram track Swanston St...The photograph shows the demolition or removal of cable...Photograph - Black and White of the demolition of the cable... The photograph shows the demolition or removal of cable tram track ...The photograph shows the demolition or removal of cable tram track in Swanston St Melbourne. The reference notes that work commenced 27/12/1925 and that conversion was completed by 24/1/1926. Given the worksite it would be most likely late December 1925. Note the large unsilenced air compressor, the large crowd of on-lookers and that Swanston St northbound seems to remain open for traffic. In the background are the Royal Hotel Arcade entrance and the Melbourne Town Hall. This photograph is Public Records Office photo H109 in the Victorian Railways collection. There are at least three similar photos in the PROV Collection.Yields information about the extent of work need to quickly convert the Swanston Street cable tram track to electric trams in about a month.Photograph - Black and White of the demolition of the cable tram track in Swanston St near Bourke St 1925-1926trams, tramways, cable trams, workmen, mmtb, swanston street, demolition, track work, air compressor, royal hotel arcade, conversion -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, Richard Gilbert, "Welcome Aboard the Cable Tram", 1987
... "Welcome Aboard the Cable Tram"... "Welcome Aboard the Cable Tram" giving details of the Melbourne... the Cable Tram" A5 sized sheet of paper printed by photocopying ...A5 sized sheet of paper printed by photocopying, titled "Welcome Aboard the Cable Tram" giving details of the Melbourne cable tram set operated by the Museum during the 1987 Begonia Festival. Gives details of Grip car 593 (built new by Newton Williams) and trailer 171 (reconstructed by Darryl Hawksworth). Also gives general information about Melbourne cable trams and the Ballarat Vintage Tramway, in particular the horse tram. On bottom of sheet has a advertisement for the "Swiss Mountain Hotel", at the time operated by Darryl Hawksworth. Brochures were printed for the cable tram operation, handed out during the time run and during the following year, when operated as well. See BTPS Annual report, 1986-1987trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, trailers, begonia festival -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - Cable tram at Queens Bridge South Melbourne
... Black and White - Cable tram at Queens Bridge South..., shows a cable tram with the destination of Spring St passing...Black and White Photograph of a cable tram passing under... a cable tram with the destination of Spring St passing under ...Photograph - undated, possibly prior to the First World War, shows a cable tram with the destination of Spring St passing under the Port Melbourne/St Kilda Rail lines overbridge in Queens Bridge Street. The bridge has a large advert for Wolfe's Schnapps - "for your health sake". On the left-hand side are two policemen talking to each other. There are four horse-drawn carts and one open-top motor car. In the background are Queens Bridge Motors Pty Ltd building and the Queens Bridge Family Hotel. Note the windmill on the left-hand side of the photograph. The railway bridge was partially demolished following the closure of the railway lines in 1987.Yields information about Queens Bridge Melbourne and the rail line over bridge.Black and White Photograph of a cable tram passing under the rail line over bridge at Queens Bridge South Melbourne.trams, tramways, cable trams, queens bridge street, queens bridge motors, queens bridge hotel, wolfe's schnapps, windmills, horse drawn vehicles, railways, port melbourne railway, st kilda railway -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - Black and white - reproduction - Carlton cable tram and crews, 1912
... Black and white - reproduction - Carlton cable tram and...Reproduction slide of a photograph of a cable tram, trailer... - reproduction - Carlton cable tram and crews - 1910s?...Reproduction slide of a photograph of a cable tram, trailer ...Reproduction slide of a photograph of a cable tram, trailer number 201, with the destination or Carlton with the grip man and conductor standing in front of the tram. Both are young men. The conductor is adorned with his safety pins and trip slips, that he would punch a hole in when he sold or collected a fare. The bell punch in the conductor's right hand would sound a bell to indicate the fare had been collected. There is a church vicarage in the background - at Prahran terminus in Chapel Street outside Trinity church. Underneath the photo is written "A Paradox: two Badger ?" which is a reference to the General Strike in Brisbane of Jan 1912 by Brisbane Tramway Company workers over the wearing of Union badges which was strongly opposed by the Company Manager Joesph 'Boss' Badger. See also item 7485 for a similar-themed photograph about the Badger. At the time there was a major industrial or arbitration case before Mr Justice Higgins regarding Australian tramways employees and their working conditions.Demonstrate cable tram uniforms and cable tram trip slips that were used to account for fare collection and has a close association with an event in Brisbane that led to a General Strike.Kodachrome cardboard duplicate slide - Black and white - reproduction - Carlton cable tram and crews - 1910s? "CB7" in penciltrams, tramways, cable trams, carlton, bell punch, unifoms, crews, grip men, conductors, prahran, tram 201, unions, brisbane, joesph badger