Historical information

Photo of a cable tram set - at the corner of Swanston and Bourke St. The saloon trailer is possibly No. 162 and is lettered for the Collingwood and Clifton Hill route. The grip car is yet to be fitted with stanchions on its sides or destination signs. In the background is the Royal Hotel, the earlier Leviathan store, Simons Hotel and Coles Book Arcade. Note the gas street lighting.

Photo possibly soon after the line opened on 10-8-1887.

Significance

Yields information about cable trams in Bourke St.

Physical description

Black and white photograph on paper.

Inscriptions & markings

"Bourke & Swanston Mel" in bottom right hand corner.