Accompanied by article by Kevin Patterson (Nillumbik Historical Society) which explains the use of these blocks as a road surface in the City of Melbourne from the 1880s. The final wood blocks were dismantled in the 1950s and blocks sent to suburban wood yards to be sold as fuel for open fires and combustion heaters.As most of these blocks were sold for fuel, it is unusual to find one surviving. Block of timber cut to size and dipped in tar for use a a road block. wood blocks, paving, melbourne, road surfaces, tar

Donor purchased this photograph from an op. shop. It depicts workman surfacing a road in the Geelong area. The steam engine present is driving a belt to operate a crusher which is crushing rock to surface the road. The drays are used to carry the crushed rock.Photograph, road surfacing in the Geelong area, c.1900-20.road surfacing

Rockbank was once part of the Braybrook Road District. In, 1871 the Road District became the Shire of Braybrook. In 1916, this district was transferred to the Shire of Melton. In 1951, further land was lost to the Shire of Melton. During the early days of the Ballarat gold rush, Beatty's Road was one of the main routes from Melbourne to Ballarat via Keilor . In December 1854, troops of the 12th and 40th Regiments marching to suppress the Eureka Stockade would have used this route before stopping at the Rockbank Inn, which was located on Beatty's Road, further west towards Melton. One of the photographs captures a Terrestrial Road surface (Local Blue Stone), one of the district's early sealed section of road. 5644.01 - Beattys Road Bridge Rockbank 2008 Photo 01.JPG 5644.02 - Beattys Road Bridge Rockbank 2008 Photo 02.JPG 5644.03 - Beattys Road Terrestrial Road Surface Rockbank 2008 Photo 04.JPG 5644.04 - Beattys Road Paddocks Rockbank 2008 Photo 03.JPGbeatty's road, rockbank, rockbank inn, terrestrial road

This Plateway Wagon was built by Pengelly's Carriage Works, North Brighton 1883. The wagon was owned by the Corrigan family, market gardeners in Noble Park. It is an original, timber horse-drawn wagon that used the the Plateway or Wheelway from 1890. These heavily laden market gardener’s carts could travel relatively smoothly and safely, along the steel rails on the main roads of Moorabbin Parish to Melbourne and St Kilda markets to sell their produce, at a time when the road surfaces were rutted and hazardous.After the Henry Dendy Special Survey of the Parish of Moorabbin in 1841, land was sold to pioneer settlers who developed market gardens, vineyards and fruit gardens ( orchards ). These market gardeners took their produce in heavily laden horse-drawn Wagons along the steel Plateway to the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. An original, timber horse-drawn wagon of a type that used the Plateway or Wheelway. The steel rails of the Plateway played such an important role from the 1890’s in the transportation of produce along the City of Moorabbin’s major roads, (including Centre Road, Bentleigh), to reach the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. Heavily laden market gardener’s carts , drawn by a horse, could travel relatively smoothly and safely, along the steel rails to city markets, at a time when the road surfaces were rutted and hazardous. horse, melbourne, brighton, moorabbin, steel, henry, dendy, fruit, gardens, roads, plateway, wheelway, bentleigh, vineyards, orchards, draught, markets, st kilda, wagons

Set of 6 photographs of Jelbart of Ballarat road equipment in use in Melbourne 1 - ripping road surface in Smith St with a cable tram and the Fitzroy gas works building in the background. 2 - Roller scarifier with one man controlling the depth of the ripping tool and another with a shovel - caption on rear - Malvern 3 - Elsternwick with three men working and a tramway employee at a Bundy clock in the background. 4 - High St Prahran, looking east with a number of men breaking up the road surface 5 & 6 - location - Chapel St? - showing a roller breaking up the tramway track road surface with one man + the driverDemonstrates the use of Jelbart equipment from Ballarat, in road repairs/works and the replacement of a team of men used to break up a road.Set of 6 black and white prints, some with pencil notes on the rear.jelbart, road works, civil engineering, track repairs

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of Engineers from 17 Construction Squadron use a bulldozer and road grader to prepare the road surface for sealing. A truck carries away rock to be crushed, in a mobile crusher operated by the Unit, to be used for foundation fill, on the road.photograph, engineers, 17 const sqn, gibbons collection catalogue, d8 bulldozer, denis gibbons

Photograph of ex Geelong No. 6 with destination of Eastern Park turning from Aphrasia St into Pakington St Geelong. Shows the condition of the trackwork and the road surface. Tram ex Newtown. Two prints held - one large and one small. trams, tramways, geelong, newtown, aphrasia st, pakington st, tram 6

Copy of Rose Series postcard #385 showing the new Mt Dandenong Tourist Road with wooden railing fence on low side of road. Surface not yet made. This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.View downhill from the Windy Bend showing the site of the 1972 landslide. In this picture the road is running along the top edge of the wall 900’ thick of Kalorama Docite that plunges thousands of feet deep down into the earth below the Ranges and extends to Fern Tree Gully. It was once a horizontal terrace nearly ten miles square and tipped over to the left when the mountain subsided into its volcanic cauldron.mt dandenong road, rose series, windy bend, landslide

Other frame was view of similar road conditions at Haldane and Metery Roads, Eltham. Council officers reviewing road surface breakdown due to weather conditions and road traffic causing potholes and dips.Roll of 35mm colour positive film, 2 separated framesKodak 5005 EPPeltham, houses, infrastructure, potholes, streets, streetscape

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Engineers from 17 Construction Squadron preparing the freshly graded road surface for sealing. The road was being constructed and upgraded between Dat Do and the Phuoc Tuy Province capital Baria. The Engineers were responsible for their own security.photograph, engineers, 17 const sqn, dat do, phuoc tuy province, baria, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Engineers from 17 Construction Squadron grade the road surface for sealing. The road was being constructed and upgraded between Dat Do and the Phuoc Tuy Province capital Baria. Engineers were responsible for their own security, during these operations.photograph, engineers, 17 const sqn, dat do, phuoc tuy province, baria, gibbons collection catalogue, dennis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war

The photograph is of a group of two trams and two trailers of The North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Co. (NMETL) at the Saltwater River terminus for a major event. The river is now the Maribyrnong. Possibly at the time of the opening or soon after as the road surface alongside the trams is unformed, just ballast.Yields information the NMETL trams possibly soon after opening in 1906.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear.In pencil "No 14, 064". tramcars, tramways, v class, u class, trailers, nmetl, saltwater river, maribyrnong river

Photograph of SEC tram 34 travelling along Lydiard St. North, bound for the Lydiard St. North terminus. Photo shows the tree lined route and how the road surfaces was not fully sealed to the gutter, but with a crushed rock edge. Photo taken by Chris Wurr Jan. 1971. Yields information about the tramway and the street scene in Lydiard St Nth during the last few years of tramway operation.Black and White photograph with photographer's notes on the rear.Copy 1 - On rear, in black stamp ink "Photo by Chris Wurr" Copy 2 - Additional words to above "Donated to BTPS by and"trams, tramways, lydiard st. nth, tram 34

Photo of the view looking south to Flinders Street Station, shows a number of motor vehicles and horse-drawn vehicles, along with a motor cycle with a sidecar and one cable tram set hauling a bogie trailer. Note the road surface which appears to be damaged by vehicles. There are a number of puddles showing. Yields information about the view looking south in Elizabeth St. c1920Black and White - Elizabeth Street looking south Little Collins Street, c1920. tramways, trams, cable cars, elizabeth street, traffic, horse drawn vehicles

Set of three photographs taken on 20/05/2004 of the tram track pavement reconstruction in Wendouree Parade. Photo by Carolyn Dean. .1 - Depot junction, looking south, not the warning trams crossing and cyclist sign on the pole. .2 - To the south of depot junction. .3 - Preparing the road surface for the next pavement layer.On rear of each photo in ink, "20/05/04", "Photo by Carolyn Dean"road works, wendouree parade

Photo of three SEC employees undertaking road surface repairs at the corner of Doveton and Sturt St Ballarat. Photo shows the west bound track and the monument to King George V. In the background, parked against the median strip gutter is the SEC's truck. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses August 1971.On back of slide in blue ink "Ballarat / Men working Sturt St." and on the bottom edge in black ink "P. Moses".tramways, trams, sturt st, doveton st, employees, track repairs, road works, king george v monument

Black and white photograph of SEC Ballarat No. 43 travelling along the north side of Sturt St., just past the intersection of Talbot St. Tram has destination of "Mt PLEASANT". Telephoto lens photograph, with sun behind tramcar, and just after a shower of rain, giving reflections of the sun light off the road surface.trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st., mt pleasant , tram 43

Studley Park Road, like most streets in Kew, was originally a dirt road. Street works during the Great Depression included bituminising major roads in the district. This photograph of Council works originated in the City of Kew Engineers Department as a record of works undertaken. It was given to the collection by a Mrs Fisher in 1998.Well provenanced photograph of Council-funded public works in Kew during the Great Depression. Original sepia monochrome positive of Studley Park Road, Kew.Typed reverse: "B4 / Kew C.C. / Studley Park Road after surfacing with one coat of premixed material spread with drag, March 1934"roadworks -- kew (vic.), street works -- kew (vic.), public works kew (vic.), studley park road -- kew (vic.), city of kew -- engineers department, city of kew -- public works -- great depression -- 1930s

8519.1 - Blueprint of mine tunnels at Outtrim, as well as surface roads and boreholes.

Yields information the appearance and details about No. 30 and the Albert St road crossing in the late 1950's, in particular the road surface and the buildings.Digital scan from the Ben Parle collection of SEC No. 30 crossing Albert St Sebastopol, with the destination of Sebastopol - in particular the road surface and the buildings. Photo 1950's or early 1960 prior to introduction of dash canopy lighting. Has the houses either side of the street in view. Photo received with the Ben Parle slides 09/2004. trams, tramways, sebastopol, albert st, tram 30

The photograph shows an unbroken rail head for trams crossing the intersection and the condition of the road surface. Meant that when a tram wheel was to pass over the unbroken rail head it would lift and then drop or crash over onto the other side. Photo by Mal Rowe 22/11/1969. Photo was used on page 35 in Keith Kings 1971 book "Ballarat Tramways."Yields information about the trackwork at the intersection of Sturt and Drummond Sts and the rails.Black and white photograph notes on rear. Mal Rowe copyright stamp with number "118.11" and "Unbroken main line crossing Sturt & Drummond Sts 22/11/69" and "No. 15 page 35"tramcars, tramways, trackwork, sturt st, drummond st, hospital corner

This photograph depicts the steel tramway (or tram plate) along Centre Dandenong Road, Cheltenham near the Moorabbin Airport entrance in the 1970's. These tramways played an important role in transportation along Moorabbin's major roads. Heavily laden carts could travel smoothly and safely along the steel plates when the road surfaces were often rutted and hazardous. This surviving section was later moved for road improvements. The area now known as the City of Kingston was a market garden region and the round trip to market could take as long as eight hours on poorly maintained roads. The installation of the steel tramway transformed the arduous journey faced by market gardeners in transporting their produce to market. As there was only a single tramway, the carts often travelled in convoy, enabling drivers to leave piloting to the first cart and having a rest. The rails did not speed the journey to the city, but it smoothed progress immeasurably. Black and white photograph of steel tram plates on Centre Dandenong Road, Cheltenham. The road is sealed. At the top of the image there are trees behind a parked car which is adjacent to a white shelter. There is a large sign stating MOORABBIN AIRPORT above an arrow pointing to the right in the top centre of the image. Handwritten in pencil: A 28 / [indecipherable] 3 / [indecipherable] Handwritten in red ink: A28 / 70%market gardening, infrastructure, transport, steel tramway, industry, moorabbin

This photograph depicts flooding of Ozone Avenue in Beaumaris, located off Balcombe Road. Roads in the Beaumaris area lacked sufficient drains to clear surface water. In many cases streets were unsealed and without footpaths and some were dirt tracks. Gutters and road surfaces were made of clay and in the wetter months of winter, unsealed roads and tracks became impossible quagmires that were unnavigable for vehicles and pedestrians. In the first decade after World War II there was rapid expansion in construction of new houses in the suburb of Beaumaris. Utilities and infrastructure to support the growth of housing was inadequate and not provided for prior to the development of the area. Without rudimentary drainage, flooding was frequent. Storm water runoff, domestic sullage and septic tank overflow would form large pools and families were sometimes marooned within their homes. The frequent flooding caused isolation and hardship and residents endured difficulties with accessibility to facilities. These disadvantages had the potential to cause social issues for the new residents.Black and white photograph of flooding in Ozone Avenue, Beaumaris. The image shows floodwaters with boggy and rough terrain on an unsealed road with housing in the distance.Handwritten in blue ink: 2124 circled Handwritten in red ink: 80% Handwritten in blue ink on yellow Post-It note: Chap 6. underlined, 2194 Ozone Ave Beaumaris 1958beaumaris, ozone avenue, balcombe road, flooding, roads, infrastructure

Photo of Ballarat No. 41, derailed in Barkly St. Ballarat near main road on 4-11-1961. Image is going red. Tram fitted with dash canopy lights, small white stripe, large triangles. Penfold Sherry ad on roof. Numerous markings on road surface of previous? derailments. Note advertisement hoardings in background of photo, one featuring an ad for Penfolds. Tram has a destination of 'Mt. Pleasant.'Yields information about a derailment of tram 41 while running a Mt Pleasant service.Kodak cardboard slide with handwritten notes.'SEC Ballarat No. 41 derailed in Barkly St. near Main Road, 4-11-61 1.40pm' in blue ink.tramways, trams, barkly st., derailments, accidents, mt. pleasant, tram 41

The photograph shows W5 class tram No. 720 entering Queens way from St Kilda Road, running a East Brighton and Malvern Burke Road service, route 64. The road surface is very new and there are no cars apparent on the road. The tram line was opened in Oct. 1968 and it was a short while before the roadway was opened. The tram is running a Sunday service that connected with trams or a bus for Malvern Burke Road at Wattletree and Dandenong Roads.Yields information about construction of Queensway and tram 720.Negative - 127 film black and whitetramways, tramcars, w5 class, tram 720, st kilda junction, queensway

Illustration or photograph taken from the Town Hall, looking North East towards Black Hill. The Post Office, railway yards, Sturt St buildings are in view. Has a tram eastbound at Lydiard St and another waiting to depart Grenville St. There are two horse-drawn cabs in the view. The road surfaces have marks - either from being watered or graded. On the rear is a photograph of R O Henderson's New Furniture warehouse, View Point Bendigo. Yields information of Ballarat c1910.Black and white Illustration cut from a journal"1912" in pencil alongside the image title.tramways, trams, sturt st, esco, grenville st, bridge st, lydiard st north, black hill, post office