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Photograph - Lygon St Level crossing and MBCTT tram 19, mid 1921

  • A street scene with a railway signal box and a white picket fence bordering several buildings, including a tram car shed and houses. Overhead electrical wires for a electric train and tram system crisscross the sky above the street. A vintage car is parked near the fence.

    Lygon St Level crossing and MBCTT tram 19

  • Notes by Keith Kings on rear of print

  • A street scene with a railway signal box and a white picket fence bordering several buildings, including a tram car shed and houses. Overhead electrical wires for a electric train and tram system crisscross the sky above the street. A vintage car is parked near the fence.

Historical information

Photograph of the Level Crossing in Lygon St with the inner Circle Railway North Carlton, with Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tram No. 19 crossing with the interlocked gates and signal box in the view. Photo mid 1921. The level crossing was electrified on 5-7-1921, but the wires etc would have been positioned earlier. See Weekly Notice Extracts 1894-1994, published 1996. See item 9517 for a wider view and a larger size print.

Significance

Yields information about the Lygon St North Carlton level crossing and a MBCTT tramcar.

Physical description

Photograph, Black and White, with notes on the rear.

Inscriptions & markings

In ink on the rear: "Melbourne - Ex Coburg Trust route / No. 19 in Lygon St at railway crossing North Carlton / (later No. 166) After 10/8/1920.
Has KSK stamp and Number LWR-3 and CEE 13 in to right hand corner.

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