Significance

Yields information about the condition of a former Melbourne cable tram and the recovery of the wheels by the BTM.

Physical description

Series of 17 colour prints by Carolyn Dean of the recovery of the cable tram truck from 504 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn on 11/11/1995. Refer to November 1995 Fares Please! for the story and Jan. 1996 for photographs of this event. Recovered cable tram parts from cable tram No. 427. Printed on Fujicolor paper.

.1 - looking at the remains

.2 - ditto

.3 - part of the side panel revealed

.4 - Panel showing the number

.5 - down to the floor level

.6 - the frame is revealed

.7 - not much left

.8 - Some of the recovered parts

.9 - getting the frame out of position and over the grass

.10 - ditto

.11 - turning it around

.12 - where it was

.13 - out on Glenferrie Road frontage

.14 - loading it onto the trailer

.15 - loaded

.16 - the recovery group

.17 - ditto.

.18 - before work started

.19 - ditto



Standing from left to right:

Warren Doubleday, Carolyn Dean, Mrs. Wickens, Simon Jenkins, Garry Wood, Alan Snowball, Darren Hutchesson.

Kneeling John Phillips, Alastair Reither, Peter Winspur and Paul Mong.



See November 1995 Fares Please! for the story and Jan. 1996 for photographs

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in ink "11.11.95, C. Dean"