Significance

Yields information about the transfer of tram 18 to Victory Park Sebastopol.

Physical description

Set of 22 Agfa blue and white plastic mount slides of tram 18 being moved to Victory Park for the Borough of Sebastopol - 30/9/1971.
See Reg Item 2909 for the actual Newspaper cutting and 3778 for a photograph of the move. See Reg Item 3929 for list of dates of tram disposal, though this item gives the date as 2/10/71
.1 - No. 18 parked on the depot fan, with E. Davis alongside.
.2 - group of 6 men standing alongside 18 - left to right - N. Lorensini, ? W. Trusler, S. Lakey, B.Peart and E. Davis
.3 - tram being driven into Wendouree Parade.
.4 - ditto
.5 - turning from Macarthur St into Drummond St south with a SEC bucket truck following.
.6 - ditto - with the Lisette Beauty Salon on the corner.
.7 - Drummond St North
.8 - Coupling a SEC tractor to the tram with the Ballarat Base Hospital in the background.
.9 - Ditto with S. Lakey cleaning out the points.
.10 - being towed across Sturt St
.11 - being towed along Drummond St South
.12 - workmen at Victory Park preparing the section of track.
.13 - ditto
.14 - being derailed near Vickers St with an Alsco Linen Service van in the background - note the overhead appears to have been removed.
.15 - towing the tram across Albert St.
.16 - towing the tram along Victory St,
.17 - ditto
.18 - moving steel channel along the street, with a tram sitting on one already.
.19 - moving the tram
.20 - ditto
.21 - turning the track to align up with the storage track.
.22 - Group of 7 men (see slide 2 for some of the names) and three children with the tram in position.
Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.


See also Reg Item 6857 for a digital image.