Significance

Demonstrates how ESCo managed Weekly tickets during the late 1920's and yields information about the way the system was arranged.



The source of the ticket, NSW tramways is significant in that it was obtained by them as a sample.

Physical description

One penny or 1d paper ticket, ESCo, Ballarat Tramways, printed on fawn paper, No. D3339.



Ticket has up and down directions, conditions of use, not issued on public holidays, special cars or railway picnic days. Front of the ticket (with the number), has it available for:

Bridge and Drummond St

Sturt St and Macarthur St

Macarthur St (Junction Wendouree Parade and Gardens)



On the rear - the ticket is made available for use by a child in the following:



Orphanage and Grenville St

Mt Pleasant and Grenville St

Bridge St and Service St {stop along Sturt St West}

Bridge St and Macarthur (via Fraser St) {Alan Bradley advised 29/6/14 by email, former name of Ripon St North once it crossed over Mair St heading north. - see note below}

Sturt St and Gregory St (via Lydiard)







Hello Warren,



The View Point line leaves Sturt St and turns into Ripon St. It crosses Mair St, does a dogleg, and went into Fraser St.

then past the Powerhouse.



The descriptions of the horse tram lines to be constructed by the BTCo, and the electric lines to be constructed by the ESCo, specify that the lines run along Ripon and Fraser Sts.



Alan