Significance

Yields information about the installation of the wheel grinder in the Ballarat depot during the 1935/1936 rehabilitation

Physical description

Set of 5 Black and white photo prints from collected negatives of under floor wheel grinder at the SEC Ballarat depot building, during refurbishment by the SEC during the mid 1930's.

1353.1 - General arrangement of grinding wheels, jacks, moving rails, motor control, switch and wall mounted resistor grids.

1353.2 - Close up of the grinding wheels, jacks and moving rails.

1353.3 - view looking along the pit, showing the drive motors, belts and switches

1353.4 - view looking along the pit with the outside pit covers in place and rails in place.

1353.5 - similar to 1353.1 - but showing motors and drive belts, but not wall mounted equipment.



See Reg Item 3806 for a photograph of the grinder in use.



Copy 2 - of all above photos - large format prints (203H x 253W) - added 28/7/2007, ex Alan Bradley holding of prints, received 5/2007.



See also Reg Item 3906 for a mounted set of these photographs.



Negatives scanned at 3200dpi and images updated 14/5/2020.