Significance

Yields information about the equipment offered to Ballarat at the time of the determining what type of signals to put in to improve safety on the system, following the take over by the SEC of the tramways. Gives details about other tramway equipment available on the market place.

Physical description

A set of documents under cover of a Forest City letter dated 29/7/1936 to the General Manager Ballarat, typed in black and red ink. Has a date received stamp of 20 August 1936. Contains the following items.



4911.1 - Letter from "The Forest City Electric Co. Limited" to ESCo re Point controllers, tramway signals and warning signs, dated 29/7/1936 - 2 pages

4911.2 - Collins Patent Automatic Point Turner - sheet 19 - 4 pages - sheet 19, two copies

4911.2a - ditto, sheet 18 QT - four pages

4911.3 - Electrically operated Point switches, overhead frogs and signals for tramcar depots. - four pages

4911.4 - Automatic Tramway Signals - five pages - sheet ATS1

4911.5 - Universal Insulator - Sheet 17 - 2 pages

4911.6 - Porcelain hangers - sheet 15/1 - 2 pages

4911.7 - Porcelain insulators for cap and cone suspensions - page 11, 1 page.

4911.8 - Motor Bus and Tramcar Stage and Fare Signs in Cast Aluminium - sheet MD2 - 1 page

4911.9 - Flashers and Spellers - Sheet F1 - 2 pages

4911.10 - Forest City Relays - 2 pages

4911.11 - Traffic light - 1 page, sheet 2A





Note the letter the price of the non car counting signals is 20 pounds, including freight.

Inscriptions & markings

On letter notes in margins and margin on page 2 against tramway signals, marked in red. On rear of page 2 is a pencil sketch.