Functional Object - Builders' plate - Tramway Board's Workshop Preston, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Designed and Manufactured at the Tramway Board's Workshop Preston", about 1926

Significance

Demonstrates the method of recording who built the tramcar body.

Physical description

Rectangular cast brass Builders' Plate with raised edge, inner lined letters in capitals "DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED AT THE TRAMWAY'S BOARD WORKSHOP PRESTON" Four mounting - countersunk in corners - matt dark grey background - paint?

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in faint purple crayon "460"

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