Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "No. 18 Reaches End of the Line", 1/10/1971 12:00:00 AM

Significance

Yields information about the delivery run of tram 18 to Borough of Sebastopol and how it was delivered using a tractor.

Physical description

Newspaper Clipping from the Courier, Friday 1/10/1971, titled "No. 18 Reaches End of the Line", about the delivery of tram No. 18 to the Borough of Sebastopol, Victory Park the previous day. Features a photo of No. 18 being towed along the Albert St. track by a tractor and the hand over from the SEC to the Borough at the resting place of the tram. Features Cr. N. F. Donald and Mr. I. F. Pellas at the handover. Notes the significance of the tram to the Borough - decorated for the Borough's centenary in 1965.



See Reg item 3778.1 and .2 for a prints of the Courier Photographs and 6599 for colour photographs of the move and Reg Item 6600i2 for a colour print of the official handover.



Second copy added 5/11/2018 from donation of Glenise Kellett. 2nd copy full page version.

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