Significance

Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.

Physical description

Set of 11 digital images, comprising 1 donation text image and 10 images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Stuart Lodington, 1971 prior to closure of the system.
.1 - Donation text slide.
.2 - No. 26 southbound in Lydiard St North, with the Ballarat Railway Station level crossing gates in the background.
.3 - No. 27 and 30 crossing at Bell St Loop, Skipton St. (see also btm4976i4)
.4 - No. 17 Wendouree Parade, near Gardens Loop
.5 - Single truck tram at Victoria St terminus, taken from the west side of the Buninyong Rail line bridge, with CRB Roadwork sign, Eureka Caravan Park and Meagher Hotel in the background, possibly No. 11, see entry for .10
.6 - No. 12 and 30 crossing at the Urquhart St Loop, Drummond St South.
.7 - No. 12 westbound in Sturt St, with Grenville St in the background.
.8 - No. 17 at Gardens Loop with the Trolley pole being reversed.
.9 - No. 30, Lydiard St North with Reid's Palace building in the background.
.10 - No. 11 passing over the Buninyong rail line bridge, with Gardens via Sturt St West and a Twin Lakes sign. Has a number of children alongside the driver.
.11 - No. 21 heading northbound in Wendouree Parade, Gardens, just to the north of the now BTM depot junction.