Document - Report, "Power supply for Victorian Railways Electric Street Railways"

Historical information

Report details the history of the power supply for the Victorian Railways, electric street railways or tramways. Looks at the costs, equipment purchased, operation, and construction. Compiled from original VR documents, with photos. Includes the Elwood depot fire of 1907, Covers the provision of power for Sandringham tramway. Has drawings of the main switchboard layouts, the crossing of the St Kilda - Brighton tramway by the MMTB tramways.

Author unknown.

Significance

Yields information about the provision of the power supply for VR Trams.

Physical description

Report 50 x A4 pages - photocopied from an original document.

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