Set of four digital images of tram13 being operated in Wendouree Parade and at St Aidans Drive including the tram controller. Photo by Peter Knife 5/9/2023.Yields information about BTM Operations.Set of four Digital images,tramways, tramcars, btm, tram 13, tram controllers

Set of six colour slides, possibly taken on Saturday 4 September 1972, prior to the closure of the Mt Pleasant line the following day. 1 - Two single truckers at Sturt and Lydiard Streets with many motor cars. Town Hall in the background. 2 - Tram 12 (Sebastopol) picking up passengers at the stop just before the tram turned the corner into Sturt St. Driver running a one-man tram. In the background are the ANZ and other bank buildings. 3 - Tram 13 at Stones Corner - with the destination of Gardens via Sturt St. West. The tram is crowded. 4 - Grenville and Sturt St with four trams and many motor cars - taken from near Lydiard St. 5 - Single trucker descends the hill to Grenville St, with the Titanic Bandstand in the background, 6 - Bogie tram westbound in a very busy Bridge St, near Grenville St. Demonstrates tram operations in the Ballarat city area prior to closure of the SEC operated system.Set of six Kodachrome cardboard slides.tramways, ballarat, trams, tram 12, city, lydiard st north, tram13, stones corner, sturt st, bridge st

Tram 13 was built by Meadowbank Manufacturing Company, Sydney in 1915 for Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, Tram 68. In 1928 it became Tram 30 of the Geelong Fleet. Transferred to Ballarat in 1938 and numbered 13. When the trams stopped in 1971 it was donated to the Lake Goldsmith Steam Preservation Society. Returned to Ballarat in 1983 and re-entered service in 1988. The photograph shows the tram turning from Wendouree Parade into Macarthur Street and the section known as View Point in 1971. Tram shelter is on the lake-side opposite Macarthur street.Colour image in cardboard Kodak mount. 35mm slideHandwritten notation in ink on mount.macarthur street, view point, wendouree parade, tram13, meadowbank manufacturing, 1915, prahran and malvern tramways trust, tram 68, geelong tram 30, 1928, ballarat, 1938, tram 13, lake goldsmith steam preservation society, 1983, re-entered service 1988