Victorian Collections logo
Ballarat Tramway Museum
From the collection of Ballarat Tramway Museum
8602 Items featured online

Model - Toy cable tram set, c1900

  • Toy cable tram set - side view.

    Toy cable tram set

  • Toy cable tram set - underside of the grip car or dummy

    Toy cable tram set - underside of the grip car or dummy

  • Toy cable tram set - end view of the dummy or grip car

    Toy cable tram set - end view of the dummy or grip car

  • Toy cable tram set - side view of the trailer car

    Toy cable tram set - side view of the trailer car

  • Toy cable tram set - underside view of the trailer car

    Toy cable tram set - underside view of the trailer car

  • Toy cable tram set - side view.
  • Toy cable tram set - underside of the grip car or dummy
  • Toy cable tram set - end view of the dummy or grip car
  • Toy cable tram set - side view of the trailer car
  • Toy cable tram set - underside view of the trailer car

Historical information

Built as a toy, either by a well resourced home workshop or by a toy maker. Have been well used or loved with missing wheels and damaged roof. Possibly dates from the early 1900s. St Kilda was a popular destination for Melbourne cable trams.

Significance

Demonstrates a toy cable tram set.

Physical description

Cable tram set made from wood and pressed metal. Grip car or dummy has remnants of paint (green and gold) on the sides, holes for wheels on the two wood blocks on the underside. Has an eye hook at one end and a hole for another at the other end. Seat made from timber with a steel wire or rod to represent a grip lever. Metal secured to wood base with nails. Has four metal Staunchions on either side. Trailer similar construction with sides stamped or cut from sheet steel with holes at either end for a eye or hook and wheels. Roof on both items has been pressed and assembled. The trailer has painted on one side "St Kilda" and the remnants of a similar word on the other side.

Subjects

TOP
Back to top