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Yields information through letters to the Editor about the impact of tram fare rises on Ballarat Residents, noting wages at the time.
Photocopy, of the Letters to the Editor Column, The Courier, 16/6/1951 titled "Our Trams". Photocopied onto A4 size sheet of paper.
Written by "Angri", complaining about the fare increase for weekly travel on the trams and that the SEC should not be making money from the trams.
Lists for each tram a summary of work done to the vehicle for 1969 by the SEC Ballarat depot. To be read in conjunction with item 8287. Was located within item 8287.
Yields information about the Ballarat Workshop work for each tram during 1969.
Hand written notes, blue pen on off white sheets, some both sides.
ballarat, tramcars, workshop records, workshops, maintenance
Lists for each weekday, the work done on each tram, who was on leave, and events or failures, derailments, sick leave, and recreation leave - shown in red ink.
Yields information about the Ballarat Workshop activities, tramcars maintained and events.
Printed and bound book - Collins Australian Diary No. 324 for 1970 - two pages per week, ruled with date and holiday information and sheets for events, finances etc.
ballarat, tramcars, workshop records, workshops, maintenance
Lists for each weekday, the work done on each tram, who was on leave, and events or failures, derailments - shown in red ink, motormen examined. Has notes in the front cover the start dates for M Devlin, W Kell and the death date of G Minns. A birth date for Davis entered? At the page for 13/2/1969 was a handwritten list of work done to the tram fleet during 1969 - see item 8288.
Yields information about the Ballarat Workshop activities, tramcars maintained and events.
Printed and bound book - Collins Australian Diary No. 324 for 1969 - two pages per week, ruled with date and holiday information and sheets for events, finances etc.
ballarat, tramcars, workshop records, workshops, maintenance
Lists for each weekday, the work done on each tram, who was on leave, and events or failures, derailments - shown in red ink, motormen examined. Some pages during May were left blank.
Yields information about the Ballarat Workshop activities, tramcars maintained and events.
Printed and bound book - Collins Australian Diary No. 324 for 1968 - two pages per week, ruled with date and holiday information and sheets for events, finances etc.
ballarat, tramcars, workshop records, workshops, maintenance
Duncan and Fraser tramcar No 3 at the depot bedecked with large Australian flags and small Red Cross flags and seeking donations to the Red Cross. It is most likely the date is during WW1, probably 1916-1918.
Possibly a Motorman in winter coat (as there are no lapel badges). SEC type numbers are on the latter two hats. The Conductor badges on coat lapels and 5-button coats must have been retained by the SEC for a while. The date of these photos would be 1930s.
Conductor or Motorman in MESCo's winter uniform posing in front of a Duncan & Fraser tramcar at the Geelong depot. Date between 1912 and 1930.
Set of photographs taken together in the park near the tram depot, displaying Geelong tramway uniforms.
Set of photographs taken together in the park near the tram depot, displaying Geelong tramway uniforms.
Geelong Tramway Inspector in winter long coat.
Senior Traffic Inspector.
The Motorman or Conductor in winter uniform with SEC type number on his hat and a 3-button coat. The change in coat design would suggest that these photographs were taken in the late 1930s or in the 40s when uniforms would have been standardized across the three regional tramways in Victoria.
An Inspector in Winter Uniform.
Construction of the North tram route along The Esplanade, looking north. New grooved rail is laid out on the slope down to Corio Bay. 1928
Tram tracks being laid in Moorabool St., looking North. Curved track heads back into Ryrie St. 1911.
Tram tracks being laid in Ryrie St., just west of the Moorabool intersection. Tracks curving towards the photographer are for the turn to join the South Route, 1911. This connection was removed in 1922. The tower with clockface is the Post Office.
Tram tracks being laid in Moorabool St., close to the Ryrie St. intersection in foreground. Looking NW. 1911
The two photographs show trams crossing at the intersection of Sturt St and Pleasant Street. The first photograph shows tram 26 waiting for the second tram (No. 18, carrying a side advertising banner) in Sturt St west while the second photograph shows them passing each other. Shows the area with a pole supporting two bracket arms at this area. The intersection is now a traffic light-controlled intersection. Photo late 1960s. Photographer unknown.
Yields information about the intersection of Sturt St and Pleasant St and tram operations.
Set of two black and white photographs plain back.
trams, tramways, sturt st, sturt st west, pleasant st, tram 26, tram 18
One of a series of five photographs taken from the same position on the southern side of Ryrie St. at the intersection of Garden St., East Geelong/. Trams are stabled on a stub termonis that could take at least five cars in Ryrie St. The East line, opened in stages in 1923, curves off to the right. Patrons are walking to the trams following the end of a football match at Corio Oval, 0.5km to the east. The photo shows motorised trailer No. 12 pulling one of the two remaining trailers, both heavily loaded. Its destination is WEST GEELONG. Date is likely to be winter 19213 -4 or -5.
Shows construction of the North tramline in The Esplanade. The tracks already laid to the right are in Mercer St. (Now The Esplanade South). The photo looks SE towards the city. On the left is Corio Bay and in the distance is the power station's chimney. 1928
Postcard showing Sturt St from the building on the north east corner of Sturt and Grenville Sts. Shows three trams in the parking loop, the small shelter and a general view looking west along Sturt St. - 1960s. See also item 8703 for a mounted copy. The second copy in the stamp area has the postage rates for airmail.
Yields information about Sturt St looking west from Grenville St.
Postcard - colour with serated edges by Nu-color-vue - No. BT 52 - two copies held.
trams, tramways, grenville st, sturt st, shelters, postcard
Completed depot shed with trams being assembled from parts railed to Geelong from Duncan and Fraser, coachbuilders, Adelaide, and trucks supplied by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company of Loughborough, England. Chimney to the left is part of the Melbourne Electric Supply Company's coal-fired power station at the SW corner of Corio Tce. and Yarra St. 1911
Completed depot shed with trams being assembled from parts railed to Geelong from Duncan and Fraser, coachbuilders, Adelaide, and trucks supplied by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company of Loughborough, England. Chimney to the left is part of the Melbourne Electric Supply Company's coal-fired power station at the SW corner of Corio Tce. and Yarra St. 1911
Site cleared for construction of MESCO offices on SW corner of Yarra and Corio Sts., Geelong.
MESCo offices in the process of construction. Sewerage contractor's buggy passing by. SW corner of Yarra and Corio Sts., Geelong.
Contractor's steam tractor bringing heavy equipment to be installed in the furnace room being built behind the tractor. 1919-1920.
B&W glass plate photograph.
Photograph of SEC tram 17 in Wendoure Parade at depot junction. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. Photographer unknown, during 1950s before the fitting of dash canopy lighting.
Yields information about tram 17 during the 1950s and Wendouree Parade.
Black and white photograph, with adhesive remnants on the rear.
trams, tramways, tram 17, depot junction, wendouree parade.
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