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Photograph - Laying rails for Depot Junction - set of 2, Clyde Croft, Nov. 1974

  • Men in hard hats work on laying tram tracks, with a crane in the background. They are using tools to position the metal rails onto wooden sleeperss.

    Laying rails for Depot Junction

  • Men in hard hats work on laying tram tracks, with a crane in the background. They are using tools to position the metal rails onto wooden sleepers.

    Laying rails for Depot Junction

  • Men in hard hats work on laying tram tracks, with a crane in the background. They are using tools to position the metal rails onto wooden sleeperss.
  • Men in hard hats work on laying tram tracks, with a crane in the background. They are using tools to position the metal rails onto wooden sleepers.

Historical information

Photos of the laying of the rails for Depot Junction turnout in Wendouree Parade in Nov. 1974 by members of the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society. Crane positioning rails, onto sleepers. Road has been dug out for curve. From annual report for 1974/75, date is probably Friday 22/11/1974. Second print shows the work from the depot end positioning the curved rails onto the sleepers.

Significance

Yields information about the laying of the depot junction trackwork by the BTPS.

Physical description

Black and white photograph - set of 2

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in one corner is initials 'CC'

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