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Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Black and White - Nicholson & Gertrude Street Engine House interior
... Black and White - Nicholson & Gertrude Street Engine House interior......Engine house...Shows the interior of the cable tram engine house that was located on the corner of Gertrude Street and Nicholson Street in Fitzroy. ...Black and white photograph - interior of the Engine house on the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson Streets prior to closure in 1940....Yields information about the interior of the Gertrude Street or Nicholson Street cable tram engine house Tramways trams Coburg cable cars Engine house Nicholson Street Gertrude Street steam engines Black and white photograph - interior of the Engine house on the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson Streets prior to closure in 1940. ...Shows the interior of the cable tram engine house that was located on the corner of Gertrude Street and Nicholson Street in Fitzroy. Shows the steam pipes to two of the engine cylinders, the control equipment, and large cable winding wheels. An MMTB poster titled Melbourne Tramways Past and President (see Reg Item 6368), captions the photo as "Nicholson Sreet Power House - the last to operate" The facility ceased operation in 1940 though the equipment was retained until 1941. Yields information about the interior of the Gertrude Street or Nicholson Street cable tram engine houseBlack and white photograph - interior of the Engine house on the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson Streets prior to closure in 1940.tramways, trams, coburg, cable cars, engine house, nicholson street, gertrude street, steam engines -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Nicholson Street Fitzroy Engine House Staff, c1920s
... Nicholson Street Fitzroy Engine House Staff......engine house engineer...The suited man was likely the engine house engineer and his lapel badge may be that of a returned servicesman from WWI. ...Note reads "The Nicholson Street Fitzroy Engine House Staff Mr AbelKay. Fourth from the right. ...Yields information about the staff of an engine house engine driver boiler attendant stoker ropemen trackmen oiler engine house engineer returned servicesman Mr Abel Kay Note reads "The Nicholson Street Fitzroy Engine House Staff Mr AbelKay. ...Photograph shows twelve men standing or squatting on a brick pavement in front of a brick building and a pile of rubble. One younger man wears a three piece suit with a tie and a badge on his lapel. The other eleven men are dressed in the workman's clothes of the era. They were likely engine drivers, boiler attendants, stokers, ropemen, trackmen or oilers who controlled the steam engines, monitored and repaired the cables and track, and lubricated the machinery. The suited man was likely the engine house engineer and his lapel badge may be that of a returned servicesman from WWI. This could date the photo after 1918. No reference to Mr Abel Kay has been located.Yields information about the staff of an engine house Black and white photograph with typed note at bottom. Note reads "The Nicholson Street Fitzroy Engine House Staff Mr AbelKay. Fourth from the right. Centre row"engine driver, boiler attendant, stoker, ropemen, trackmen, oiler, engine house engineer, returned servicesman, mr abel kay -
Tarnagulla History ArchivePhotographic postcard depicting Poverty Mine & Engine House, Tarnagulla, Poverty Mine & Engine House, Tarnagulla, c. 1940s
... Photographic postcard depicting Poverty Mine & Engine House, Tarnagulla...Poverty Mine & Engine House, Tarnagulla...A monochrome photographic postcard depicting Poverty Mine & Engine House, Tarnagulla. Small building with smokestack and poppethead in middle ground, horses and workers in foreground. ...Poverty Mine & Engine House, Tarnagulla Photographic postcard depicting Poverty Mine & Engine House, Tarnagulla ...Murray Comrie Collection. A monochrome photographic postcard depicting Poverty Mine & Engine House, Tarnagulla. Small building with smokestack and poppethead in middle ground, horses and workers in foreground. From Reid's Series of postcards (No.6). Reverse has a message/letter, appears from be written by Hilda Comrie for Murray Comrie, dated 11/12/1942.Message handwritten on reverse.tarnagulla, mining, comrie, poverty mine -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Engine House - Abbotsford and Queensberry Sts, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), 1934
... Engine House - Abbotsford and Queensberry Sts...... Engine Houses... Power house...Photograph of of the North Melbourne engine house, or power house or winding house on the corner of Abbotsford St and Queensberry St. ...Has the TMSV Sales stamp on the rear and a date "Nth Melb Engine House 1934" in pencil on the rear....Yields information about cable trams engine houses. Trams tramways Cable Trams Abbotsford St Engine Houses Power house Winding Houses Queensberry St Has the TMSV Sales stamp on the rear and a date "Nth Melb Engine House 1934" in pencil on the rear. ...Photograph of of the North Melbourne engine house, or power house or winding house on the corner of Abbotsford St and Queensberry St. Dated 1934 on the rear of the photo. Shows the chimney. This building remains intact other than for the chimney.Yields information about cable trams engine houses.Black & White Photograph - two copies held.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on the rear and a date "Nth Melb Engine House 1934" in pencil on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, engine houses, power house, winding houses, queensberry st -
Federation University Historical CollectionPlans, Site for Engine House and Engine, 1887
... Site for Engine House and Engine...engine house...Two ink plan drawings, one with brown and grey shading, showing proposed sites and relative positions for an engine house and engine. .1) shows Plan A and Plan B options .2) shows elevations of brick engine house...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields engine house robert ditchburn w. watson plans mining Two ink plan drawings, one with brown and grey shading, showing proposed sites and relative positions for an engine house and engine. .1) shows Plan A and Plan B options .2) shows elevations of brick engine house Site for Engine House and Engine Plans ...Two ink plan drawings, one with brown and grey shading, showing proposed sites and relative positions for an engine house and engine. .1) shows Plan A and Plan B options .2) shows elevations of brick engine houseengine house, robert ditchburn, w. watson, plans, mining -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Johnston St Fitzroy cable tram engine house, 1960s
... Johnston St Fitzroy cable tram engine house...Photos shows the exterior of the former cable tram engine house at 95 Johnston St Fitzroy. It operated from 1887 to 1939. ...In pencil "Johnston St bridge engine house"...Yields information about the appearance of the former Johnston St cable tram engine house. tramways cable trams engine houses Johnston St Collingwood Fitzroy In pencil "Johnston St bridge engine house" Black and white print with notes on the rear Photograph Johnston St Fitzroy cable tram engine house ...Photos shows the exterior of the former cable tram engine house at 95 Johnston St Fitzroy. It operated from 1887 to 1939. Photo early 1960s based on the motor vehicles, photographer unknown. It is a Coles Local store in 2026.Yields information about the appearance of the former Johnston St cable tram engine house.Black and white print with notes on the rearIn pencil "Johnston St bridge engine house"tramways, cable trams, engine houses, johnston st, collingwood, fitzroy -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Northcote cable tram engine house, 1960s
... Northcote cable tram engine house...Photos shows the exterior of the former cable tram engine house at 628 High St Northcote. It operated from 1890 to 1940. ...In pencil "Northcote engine house (Left), depot (right)"...Yields information about the appearance the former Northcote cable tram engine house. tramways cable trams engine houses Northcote High St Northcote In pencil "Northcote engine house (Left), depot (right)" Black and white print with notes on the rear Photograph Northcote cable tram engine house ...Photos shows the exterior of the former cable tram engine house at 628 High St Northcote. It operated from 1890 to 1940. At the time of the photo the building was used by Brown's motors as a motor vehicle repair shop. Photo early 1960s based on the motor vehicles, photographer unknown. The building is (2026) an AAMI motor vehicle repair shop.Yields information about the appearance the former Northcote cable tram engine house.Black and white print with notes on the rearIn pencil "Northcote engine house (Left), depot (right)"tramways, cable trams, engine houses, northcote, high st northcote -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.Photograph - colour, Clare Gervasoni, Morphett's Engine House, Burra, South Australia, 29/05/2013
... Morphett's Engine House, Burra, South Australia...Morphett's Engine House was restored and opened to the public in 1986....Three colour digital images of Morphett's Engine House, Burra, South Australia...Three colour digital images of Morphett's Engine House, Burra, South Australia Morphett's Engine House, Burra, South Australia Photograph - colour Clare Gervasoni ...Morphett's Engine House was restored and opened to the public in 1986.Three colour digital images of Morphett's Engine House, Burra, South Australia -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Cable tram outside Northcote car house and engine house, Real Photo Series, Prior 1920
... Cable tram outside Northcote car house and engine house......engine house...Photograph shows busy cable tram with destination Clifton Hill stationary outside the Northcote car and engine houses. High street is lined with shop verandahs and busy with pedestrians, early model motor cars and horse drawn carts....Photograph Cable tram outside Northcote car house and engine house Real Photo Series ...Photograph shows busy cable tram with destination Clifton Hill stationary outside the Northcote car and engine houses. High street is lined with shop verandahs and busy with pedestrians, early model motor cars and horse drawn carts.Yields information about cable trams on High Street, Northcote and Thornbury Black and white photograph with note below and on rear. Printed below photograph: "High Street Looking North Thornbury Real Photo Series M 138". On rear in ink: "Melbourne, High St, Northcote, north over car. Martin St, with cable tram outside Car Barn. before 1920. K S Kings Collection No. 5-A.517"clifton hill, high street, car house, engine house -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDrawing, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Johnston St Engine House", "Northcote Engine House", "Richmond Engine House", c1938
... "Johnston St Engine House", "Northcote Engine House", "Richmond Engine House"...Set of four photocopied plans or drawings on A3 sheet of the "Johnston St Engine House", "Northcote Engine House" and "Richmond Engine House", c2/1938. .1 - Sheet 1 - P8498 - Plan showing land and surrounding streets for the "Johnston St Engine House" .1 - Sheet 2 - P8499 - Plan showing the layout of the engine house. ...Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Trams tramways Drawings Depots Property Cable Trams Winding Houses Johnston St Northcote Richmond Hoddle St Bridge Rd Set of four photocopied plans or drawings on A3 sheet of the "Johnston St Engine House", "Northcote Engine House" and "Richmond Engine House", c2/1938. .1 - Sheet 1 - P8498 - Plan showing land and surrounding streets for the "Johnston St Engine House" .1 - Sheet 2 - P8499 - Plan showing the layout of the engine house. ...Set of four photocopied plans or drawings on A3 sheet of the "Johnston St Engine House", "Northcote Engine House" and "Richmond Engine House", c2/1938. .1 - Sheet 1 - P8498 - Plan showing land and surrounding streets for the "Johnston St Engine House" .1 - Sheet 2 - P8499 - Plan showing the layout of the engine house. Has a note sheets 1 and 2 that it has been sold .2 - P8506 -Plan showing land and surrounding streets for the "Northcote Engine House" - 2 copies held. .3 - P8607 - Plan showing Richmond Engine House and adjacent streets with sub-station next doortrams, tramways, drawings, depots, property, cable trams, winding houses, johnston st, northcote, richmond, hoddle st, bridge rd -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Abbotsford Street cable engine house repurposed, 1980s
... Abbotsford Street cable engine house repurposed...Engine House...Photograph shows the intersection of Abbotsford Street and Queensberry Street, North Melbourne dominated by the exterior of the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company's engine house without chimney. The numerous signs attached to the exterior walls indicate is an automobile panels repair business....Photograph Abbotsford Street cable engine house repurposed ...Photograph shows the intersection of Abbotsford Street and Queensberry Street, North Melbourne dominated by the exterior of the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company's engine house without chimney. The numerous signs attached to the exterior walls indicate is an automobile panels repair business.Yields information about Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company's engine house and how it was repurposed.Colour print with no note on the rear.engine house, abbotsford street, queensberry street, north melbourne, melbourne tramway and omnibus company, auto panel repairs, chimney -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph, Interior of a Melbourne cable tram Engine House
... Interior of a Melbourne cable tram Engine House......engine house...The photograph shows the interior of a Melbourne cable tram engine house, or powerhouse, with the steam cylinders and flywheels in the view. ...Yields information about the interior of an cable tram engine house. Trams tramways cable tram engine house Power house Photograph, black and white, plain paper Interior of a Melbourne cable tram Engine House Photograph ...The photograph shows the interior of a Melbourne cable tram engine house, or powerhouse, with the steam cylinders and flywheels in the view. Location and date unknown.Yields information about the interior of an cable tram engine house.Photograph, black and white, plain papertrams, tramways, cable tram, engine house, power house -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Cable tram engine house interior, Darge Photos, c1920
... Cable tram engine house interior......engine house...Photograph by Darge Photo studios with a Collins Street address and telephone number, shows the interior of an unknown Melbourne cable tram engine house or winding house. Shows the drive mechanisms, tension adjustment, steam engine and possibly an auxiliary electric drive....Photograph Cable tram engine house interior Darge Photos ...Photograph by Darge Photo studios with a Collins Street address and telephone number, shows the interior of an unknown Melbourne cable tram engine house or winding house. Shows the drive mechanisms, tension adjustment, steam engine and possibly an auxiliary electric drive.Yields information about the interior engineering arrangements of a winding house.Block mounted black and white photograph onto dark grey card, stamped with studio name in gold.tramways, william st, cable trams, interior, engine house, winding house -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Gertrude St engine house and Nicholson St, c1940
... Gertrude St engine house and Nicholson St......Engine House...Photos show the Nicholson Street winding or engine house at the corner of Gertrude St. Fitzroy and a view looking north along Nicholson St, possibly late 1930s. ...Photograph Gertrude St engine house and Nicholson St ...Photos show the Nicholson Street winding or engine house at the corner of Gertrude St. Fitzroy and a view looking north along Nicholson St, possibly late 1930s. In the second photograph are Grantown House, and a church, now Ursula Frayne Memorial Chapel. One building has "Staffa" written on the side of it.Yields information about Nicholson St near Gertrude St and the engine house.Set of two Black and white photographs on plain paper.nicholson st, gertrude st, fitzroy, engine house -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - THE LAZARUS MINE - LAZARUS COY'S OLD ENGINE-HOUSE DESTROYED
... THE LAZARUS MINE - LAZARUS COY'S OLD ENGINE-HOUSE DESTROYED... lazarus Coy's Old Engine-house Destroyed...Handwritten and typed copy of a report in the Bendigo Advertiser Mon 11/1/1892 of a fire which totally destroyed the engine-house at Lazarus Coy's mine at New Chum on Sunday 10th January at 2 a. m. ...Document THE LAZARUS MINE - LAZARUS COY'S OLD ENGINE-HOUSE DESTROYED ...Handwritten and typed copy of a report in the Bendigo Advertiser Mon 11/1/1892 of a fire which totally destroyed the engine-house at Lazarus Coy's mine at New Chum on Sunday 10th January at 2 a. m. Last page has a copy of a letter to the Editor of the Advertiser from William Nolan, Captain, G. S. V. F. B. contradicting Superintendent Daymond's statement that said the City Brigade had first water on the fire and the Golden Square was next. William Nolan says they had water on the fire ten minutes before the City Brigade arrived. He was hoping the Superintendent would rectify his mistake. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, the lazarus mine, the lazarus mine, lazarus coy's old engine-house destroyed, bendigo advertiser mon 11/1/1892, mr henry james, old chum hill, geo lansell, city brigade, temperance brigade, mr whitford, superintendant daymond, golden square brigade, william nolan, g s v f b -
Melbourne Tram MuseumNegative - Gertrude St winding or engine house external works, Hugh Ballment, c1956
... Gertrude St winding or engine house external works.......Engine Houses...Winding house...The photograph shows works in the footpath outside the Gertrude St winding or engine house possibly removing the cable tram winding house facilities at this location. ...Yields information about possible work to remove the cable winding facilites, sheaves etc alongside the Gertrude St winding house. tramways cable trams Gertrude St Nicholson st Engine Houses Winding house Negative - 127 film black and white Negative Gertrude St winding or engine house external works. ...The photograph shows works in the footpath outside the Gertrude St winding or engine house possibly removing the cable tram winding house facilities at this location. Overhead for both Gertrude St and Nicholson St can be seen. Photo possibly c1956.Yields information about possible work to remove the cable winding facilites, sheaves etc alongside the Gertrude St winding house.Negative - 127 film black and whitetramways, cable trams, gertrude st, nicholson st, engine houses, winding house -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Cable Engine house interior - Gertrude St
... Cable Engine house interior - Gertrude St.......Engine Houses...Power house...Photo of the interior of an engine house showing the tension wheels for three different cables. ...Yields information about the interior of a engine house powering three separate cables. Trams tramways cable trams Engine Houses Power house Winding house Gertrude St Black and white print with a plain back Photograph Cable Engine house interior - Gertrude St. ...Photo of the interior of an engine house showing the tension wheels for three different cables. See page 76 of Mind The Curve by Keating, showing the cable tensioning arrangements. Based on a review of the window arrangements, it is believed to be the Nicholson Street and Gertrude Street winding house. See attached email.Yields information about the interior of a engine house powering three separate cables.Black and white print with a plain backtrams, tramways, cable trams, engine houses, power house, winding house, gertrude st -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - ENGINE HOUSE: GARDEN GULLY MINE, C 1914
... ENGINE HOUSE: GARDEN GULLY MINE...Black and white postcard photo of engine house, Garden Gully United Mine, after fire. ...James Lerk veritication ( 11.2.2000 ) 'Engine house fire at the Garden Gully Mine ' Photograph ENGINE HOUSE: GARDEN GULLY MINE ...Black and white postcard photo of engine house, Garden Gully United Mine, after fire. James Lerk veritication ( 11.2.2000 ) 'Engine house fire at the Garden Gully Mine 'organization, business, garden gully mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - ENGINE HOUSE: GARDEN GULLY MINE, Ca 1914
... ENGINE HOUSE: GARDEN GULLY MINE...Black and white postcard of engine house, Garden Gully United mine after fire. ...James Lerk ' Engine house fire at the Garden Gully Mine ' Back, written I ' Garden Gully Mine after fire' Photograph ENGINE HOUSE: GARDEN GULLY MINE ...Black and white postcard of engine house, Garden Gully United mine after fire. James Lerk ' Engine house fire at the Garden Gully Mine ' Back, written I ' Garden Gully Mine after fire'organization, business, garden gully mine -
Tarnagulla History ArchivePostcard - Photographic postcard: Poverty Mine and Engine House, Tarnagulla, 1911
... Photographic postcard: Poverty Mine and Engine House, Tarnagulla...Front image depicting the Poverty Mine and Engine House, Tarnagulla ...Front image depicting the Poverty Mine and Engine House, Tarnagulla Postcard Photographic postcard: Poverty Mine and Engine House, Tarnagulla ...Williams Family Collection. Photographic postcard, Reids Series No.6. Front image depicting the Poverty Mine and Engine House, Tarnagulla Above information handwritten on reverse.tarnagulla -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDrawing, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Nicholson St Engine House", c1938
... "Nicholson St Engine House"...Photocopied plans or drawings on A3 sheets of the "Nicholson St Engine House" at corner of Gertrude and Nicholson St, Fitzroy. ...Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne Trams tramways Drawings Depots Property Cable Trams Engine Houses Nicholson St Gertrude St Photocopied plans or drawings on A3 sheets of the "Nicholson St Engine House" at corner of Gertrude and Nicholson St, Fitzroy. ...Photocopied plans or drawings on A3 sheets of the "Nicholson St Engine House" at corner of Gertrude and Nicholson St, Fitzroy. P8501 - plan showing the location, adjacent properties and details of the Engine House - dated 3-2-1938.trams, tramways, drawings, depots, property, cable trams, engine houses, nicholson st, gertrude st -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Hughes Engine House, Moonta, 2013, 28/05/2013
... Hughes Engine House, Moonta, 2013......Hughes Engine House...Hughes Engine House, Moonta, 2013 Photograph Photograph - Colour Clare Gervasoni ...Three colour images of Hancock's Heap, Moonta.moonta, hughes engine house, mining -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDrawing - North Melbourne Engine House, Jack Cranston
... North Melbourne Engine House...Drawing shows the North Melbourne cable tram engine house in Abbotsford St at Queensberry St, North Melbourne. ...Yields information about the North Melbourne Engine house. tramways cable trams engine houses North Melbourne Abbotsford St. ...Drawing shows the North Melbourne cable tram engine house in Abbotsford St at Queensberry St, North Melbourne. Shows the elevation to Abbotsford St and the plan of the engine house showing the cable or rope layout and its function. Has notes on the engine house itself and costs etc. It operated from March 1890 to June 1935. Compiled by Jack Cranston for his book on cable trams.Yields information about the North Melbourne Engine house.Set of two printed quarto sheets.tramways, cable trams, engine houses, north melbourne, abbotsford st., queensberry st -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Former St Kilda Engine house, Wellington St - Set of 2, 1960s
... Former St Kilda Engine house, Wellington St - Set of 2...The photos show the former St Kilda or Windsor engine or winding house at 105 Wellington St. This building is now known as the "Engine house"....Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne The photos show the former St Kilda or Windsor engine or winding house at 105 Wellington St. This building is now known as the "Engine house". ...The photos show the former St Kilda or Windsor engine or winding house at 105 Wellington St. This building is now known as the "Engine house".Yields information about the former engine house in Wellington St that powered the Windsor (Chapel St) to St Kilda (Acland St) cable trams.Set of two Black and white images with a plain back.tramways, cable trams, wellington st, engine houses, winding houses, windsor, st kilda -
Melbourne Tram MuseumNewspaper, North and West Melbourne News, "115 years on and engine house faces...what?, "By the Bylands - in search of cable car history", Dec. 2004
... "115 years on and engine house faces...what?, "By the Bylands - in search of cable car history"...Newspaper clipping from the North and West Melbourne News December 2004, titled: 1 - "115 years on and engine house faces...what? - Article with photo on the forthcoming sale of the former Abbotsford St North Melbourne Engine House. ...- Article with photo on the forthcoming sale of the former Abbotsford St North Melbourne Engine House. Gives a brief history of the cable trams, the engine house. ...Newspaper clipping from the North and West Melbourne News December 2004, titled: 1 - "115 years on and engine house faces...what? - Article with photo on the forthcoming sale of the former Abbotsford St North Melbourne Engine House. Gives a brief history of the cable trams, the engine house. Notes the future of the building was uncertain, conversion into apartments, was passed in at $2.5mil. Article written by Jullian Ball and Geoff Gaff. 2 - "By the Bylands - in search of cable car history" - article on the TMSV at Bylands and its cable tram collection, the opening hours and historical sources. Has a photo of a lady sitting on Grip car 436 and Russell Jones and Graham Jordan undertaking track work. Article written by Jullian Ball.trams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, north melbourne, engine houses, tmsv, bylands, tram 436 -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Toorak Engine House interior - set of 6, unknown
... Toorak Engine House interior - set of 6...Photographs show various machinery, sheaves and cables inside the Toorak Rd Engine House. The photographs appear not to be original but photographs of photographs....Photograph Toorak Engine House interior - set of 6 ...Photographs show various machinery, sheaves and cables inside the Toorak Rd Engine House. The photographs appear not to be original but photographs of photographs.Yields information about the interior of a cable engine house Black and white photographs, some with note below photo or on rear. Printed below image or written with biro on rear: "Prahran" or "Toorak Cable"boiler, sheave, cable, tension carriage -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Interior of a cable tram Engine House, c1900
... Interior of a cable tram Engine House...Photograph of the interior of a Melbourne cable tram engine house showing the rope drives and the drive shafts. ...Yields information about the interior of an engine house. Tramways Engine Houses cable trams winding houses Black and white print with plain back Photograph Interior of a cable tram Engine House ...Photograph of the interior of a Melbourne cable tram engine house showing the rope drives and the drive shafts. Location not known, though it could be Brunswick given the location of a doorway. Also known as winding houses or power houses.Yields information about the interior of an engine house.Black and white print with plain backtramways, engine houses, cable trams, winding houses -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), issues at the Toorak Road Engine House, 20/10/1921 12:00:00 AM
... issues at the Toorak Road Engine House...Handwritten cover note was written on a torn poster from the Brunswick line noting a complaint from Thomson Fireman at the engine house about the lack of assistance. Was pinned to the three-page note and written in pencil."...Handwritten cover note was written on a torn poster from the Brunswick line noting a complaint from Thomson Fireman at the engine house about the lack of assistance. Was pinned to the three-page note and written in pencil." issues at the Toorak Road Engine House Document Memorandum Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) William Pollock, Fireman Thomson, Mr. ...Memorandum - 3 quarto ruled sheets + part of a former poster with a cover note, dated 20/10/1921. Written in ink to Mr. J. W. Duncan General Superintendent by William Pollock Acting Supt. about the issues at the Toorak Road Engine House regarding poor coke, recording the times of the fireman and trimmer, and problems in keeping up the power required due to the high percentage of breeze. Looks at the use of staff to fire and maintain supplies. Handwritten cover note was written on a torn poster from the Brunswick line noting a complaint from Thomson Fireman at the engine house about the lack of assistance. Was pinned to the three-page note and written in pencil."date stamped 20/10/21trams, tramways, boilers, power house, winding houses, personnel -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Abbotsford St North Melbourne cable tram engine house, 1960s
... Abbotsford St North Melbourne cable tram engine house...Photos shows the exterior of the former cable tram engine house at the corner of Abbotsford St and Queensberry St North Melbourne. ...Photograph Abbotsford St North Melbourne cable tram engine house ...Photos shows the exterior of the former cable tram engine house at the corner of Abbotsford St and Queensberry St North Melbourne. It operated from 1890 to 1935. At the time the building was occupied by Rograys panel beaters. Photo early 1960s based on the motor vehicles, photographer unknown. The building is now a block of units within the overall structure.Yields information about the appearance the former North Melbourne cable tram engine house.Black and white print with a plain back.tramways, cable trams, engine houses, north melbourne, queensberry st, abbotsford st -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Brunswick Road, Brunswick cable tram engine house, 1960s
... Brunswick Road, Brunswick cable tram engine house...Photos shows the exterior of the former cable tram engine house on the corner of Brunswick Road and Black St. ...Photograph Brunswick Road, Brunswick cable tram engine house ...Photos shows the exterior of the former cable tram engine house on the corner of Brunswick Road and Black St. It operated from 1887 to 1936. At the time the building was occupied by Exhaust City sales. A planning permit was issued during 2025 to redevelop the building. Photo early 1960s based on the motor vehicles, photographer unknown. See also item 8653 for further information.Yields information about the appearance the former Brunswick cable tram engine house.Black and white print with a plain back.tramways, cable trams, engine houses, brunswick, brunswick road
