Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Ballarat Tram 27, Ballarat Tram 27 travelling up Sturt Street
... tramway trust...tram 10...melborne and metropolitan tramways board...This is at the bottom end of Sturt Street Ballarat. 1916 hawthorn tramway trust tram 10 melborne and metropolitan tramways board tram 116 1920 state electric company 1931 tram 27 1971 sturt street Purple stamp on back - 12.1.71 Black and white photograph Ballarat Tram 27 travelling up Sturt Street Photograph Ballarat Tram 27 ...
Built in 1916 for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust, it ran as Tram No.10. Renumbered 116 by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1920. It was sold to the State Electric Company of Victoria in 1931. The number became its present number 27. The tram continued in service until 1971 when the SEC operated system closed.
The photograph shows Tram 27 heading up the hill in Sturt Street. A line of other trams is waiting. This is at the bottom end of Sturt Street Ballarat.Black and white photographPurple stamp on back - 12.1.711916, hawthorn tramway trust, tram 10, melborne and metropolitan tramways board, tram 116, 1920, state electric company, 1931, tram 27, 1971, sturt street