Significance

Yields information about the closure of the SEC operated Ballarat tram system and the people involved.

Physical description

Set of three black and white photographs of tram 40 entering the depot area on the night of the closure of the Ballarat Tramway system - 19/9/1971. Taken by N. L. Harvey & Son.



1864i1 - Front of 40 with Lew Walker at controls and two others (? and ?) alongside.

1864i2 - 40 about to break streamers at the depot gate with families of employees alongside.

1864i3 - After entering the depot area and breaking the streamers.



For other photographs of the event see Reg Item 6425 and 6426.