Demonstrates a document prepared by the SEC promoting the closure of the Geelong system. Yields historical notes and statistics on the Geelong Tramway system - very detailed information about tram use, services, staffing and routes and the costs of continuing the system in use.Sixteen page carbon copy foolscap document titled "Electricity Supply Department - Geelong Tramways Review 1953". Headings are: Early History, Creation of the SEC, Acquirement by the SEC, Agreements with Municipalities, SEC Act, Municipal By-Laws (Buses), proposed extension of the tramway routes, physical characteristics and changes at Geelong, Outlook of SEC as to tramways, Attempts to define transport future, review by the Geelong Tramway Operation by the SEC, tramcars, fares, staff and employees, trams used in normal traffic, daily mileage, average speed of services, service summary, passenger density, present outlook, prospective cost to be faced if existing system is continued, Possible improvements to the present system, extensions to the present tramway system, conclusions. Probably prepared as one of the reports to be considered by Government in its decision to close the Geelong system in 1956. Parts of text have been used in Reg Item 3478 - Geelong history and statistics. Very good reference document.'BTPS 403" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, geelong, sec, mesco, history

Documents related to the outcome of the Transport Regulation Board inquiry into Geelong tramways. Has copies of documents from the Minister of Electrical Undertakings to the Transport Minister, a copy of the TRB correspondence, and outcomes. The two newspaper cuttings from the Geelong Advertiser, Oct. 1953, regarding the TRB inquiry, overloading of buses on the northern routes, and reports on the proceedings. A handwritten note gives the timing of the TRB hearings. The top document, dated 14/4/1954, is a memo from the SECV Engineer and Manager to the Manager Ballarat branch, forwarding these documents as of interest.Yields information the outcome of the TRB inquiry into Geelong tramways during 1953 and related Ministerial correspondence.File of 7 typed quarto or foolscap sheets, two sheets with newspaper cuttings and one handwritten sheet all with rounded corners.secv, trams, tramways, geelong, trb, closure, reports

Typed extract from the 4th Australian and New Zealand Tramways Conference held in Sydney in 1934 and extracted from the response to a questionnaire sent out by the Rolling Stock Committee for conference information. Mr. J J Jobbins of Geelong represented the SECV. Topics covered include brakes, motor and compressor types, controllers, traction lamps and lighting, materials in roofs, floors and seats, destination signs, bearings and lubrication, Tyres, car cleaning and renovation, trolley gear, and miscellaneous items such as depot staffing, jacks, towing devices and steps.Yields information about the Geelong tramway system and its tramcars 1934.Document - 4 quarto typed sheets - was stapled in top left hand corner.tramways, geelong, secv, conferences, equipment, tramcars