Functional object - Conductors Bell, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1920's?

Significance

Demonstrates a conductors communication bell used in Ballarat trams - may have been made either for the SEC or the MMTB.

Physical description

Brass Conductor Communication Bell, consisting of frame, bell, striker, bell pull section, one nuts and two pins. Bell mechanism, note the bell itself covered in SEC Tramway Green paint on one side and the underside.

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