Significance

Yields information about the operations of the Ballarat Tramway system on the last day of SEC tramway operations in Ballarat.

Physical description

Set of 6 Kodak - Kodachrome slides - cardboard mounts - all taken on 19/9/1971, last day of operations prior to closure of the SEC operated tramway.



.1 - Tram 40, waits at the level crossing gates - the gates are being opened. In the background is the station building and the signal gantry. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol.

.2 - No. 42, with destination of Lydiard St north, northbound in Lydiard St, with railway station buildings and VRI in the background.

.3 - No. 35 on inbound, Lydiard St North.

.4 - No. 35, on inbound service, leaving Skipton St loop with another bogie in the background.

.5 - No. 39 on inbound service, Albert St Sebastopol with the Sebastopol boundary sign and Binks Ford in the background. Tram has an everything under control in my all electric kitchen roof advert.

.6 - No. 42, with destination of Sebastopol, Albert St Sebastopol.

Inscriptions & markings

In ink on slide:

.1 - Sun 19 Sept 71 - up Lydiard St Nth waits for gates to be opened after fast goods.

.2 - Sun 19 Sept 1971, down Lydiard St Nth near VRI.

.3 - Sun 19 Sept 1971, Up Lydiard St Nth

.4 - Sun 19 Sept 1971, Up Sebastopol (supplementary service) has just crossed down in Skipton St near Drummond St.

.5 - Sun 19 Sept 1971, Up Sebas at Ballarat / Sebastopol boundary.

.6 - Sun 19 Sept 1971, c5.30pm down Sebas in Sebas shire.