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Photograph - Cable tram set No. 1 being moved to Preston Workshops, Keith Kings, 8-9-1974

  • Photograph - Cable tram set No. 1 being moved to Preston Workshops - being lifted from the then Science Museum

    Photograph - Cable tram set No. 1 being moved to Preston Workshops - being lifted from the then Science Museum

  • Photograph - both vehicles loaded onto semi trailers - Lonsdale St at corner with Russell St.

    Photograph - both vehicles loaded onto semi trailers - Lonsdale St at corner with Russell St.

  • Photograph - the tram set in the lifting shop at Preston Workshops

    Photograph - the tram set in the lifting shop at Preston Workshops

  • Photograph - Cable tram set No. 1 being moved to Preston Workshops - being lifted from the then Science Museum
  • Photograph - both vehicles loaded onto semi trailers - Lonsdale St at corner with Russell St.
  • Photograph - the tram set in the lifting shop at Preston Workshops

Historical information

The series of photos show the transport of the cable tram set from the Science Museum to Preston Workshops where it was repainted before returning to the Museum. and displayed in a glass case in Russell St.

Significance

Yields information about the movement of cable tram set from the Science Museum to Preston Workshops.

Physical description

Set of three photographs of cable tram set being moved from the Science Museum to Preston Workshops
1 - the grip car being lifted out of its shed at the Museum
2 - both vehicles loaded onto semi trailers - Lonsdale St at the corner with Russell St.
3 - the tram set in the lifting shop at Preston Workshops

Inscriptions & markings

Detailed description on rear. K S Kings stamp with his photo numbers - 135-18, 20 and 27

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