Significance

Yields information about the appearance and use of the Ballarat Railway Station level crossing by trams prior to closure.

Physical description

Set of six black and white photographs of trams at the railway level crossing, Ballarat, Lydiard St North featuring the railway station, gates and signals, Reeds Coffee Palace and the Provincial Hotel.



.1 - 28 heading south, with an R class and a K class locomotive in the view.

.2 - 11, heading north - taken during the 1950's.

.3 - 17 parked right up to the gates while K184 shunts at the station.

.4 - single trucker (number obscured) - most likely 17 giving the passengers in the previous photo.

.5 - Photo with two single truckers in the view and the gates being closed after the tram has passed.

.6 - 11, at the gates with a bogie tram behind. No. 11 has a Briquettes roof advert and a Twin Lakes sign.







Photo by Charles Craig - during 1971, except for .2, taken during the 1950's.