Historical information

Plans and documents prepared by George Duncan for the Melbourne Tramways Trust showing details of the track construction, drainage and costs for the construction of the Melbourne cable tram and horse tram system for the Melbourne and Tramway Omnibus Co.
Part 1 - track cross sections for both cable and horse trams and various rail weights - lbs/yard
part 2 - details costs and mileages for each liine, report from George Duncan and remnant part of a printed map missing the lower half.
part 3 - drainage report detailing the works and cost for each line.
part 4 - continuation of drainage report - and last part of the book
Map printed on cloth - blue print - showing the various lines. Note the Windsor to St Kilda line shown as a horse tram line, but was built as a cable line - the last to be opened.

Significance

Yields information about the construction of the cable tram system by the Melbourne Tramway Trust

Physical description

Folder - heavy card leather covered covers with gold lines around the edges and gold blocked title. Has marbled glued end papers, containing 9 cloth backed blue print drawings, 22 printed sheets and two foldout maps. The lower half of the first fold out map has been torn out and lost. The second fold out map, a cloth backed blue print.

Inscriptions & markings

Date stamped in two places with "The Melbourne Tramways Trust Engineers 9 Mar 89" (1889), in two places.