Physical description

Report and photographs of various mechanisms to identify and check clearances for Safety Zones on tramways.



.1 - Report - 4 pages stapled in top left hand corner - titled "Interim Report - Nicholson Street Safety Bars", dated 20/6/1978 signed by R. G. Vanselow. Describes the work involved in providing a type of "jiggle bars" leading up to the safety zone.



Many photographs of the various types of safety zone marks were included within the folder. The photos of 912 are related to the clearance testing carried out during 1973 for the Z class. See also Reg Item 480?



.2 - tram 912 fitted with a wooden device to measure clearances - with a concrete safety zone being checked.

.3 - tram 1040 in Bourke St with a Safety Zone sign on the left - King St?

.4 - tram and traffic at the Bourke St terminus.

.5 - not used.

.6 - tram 1000 at ditto on a wet day

.7 - as for .2

.8 - ditto

.9 - ditto

.10 - side on view of W2 447 with a concrete prow fitted with a set of flashing lights.

.11 - to .15 - series of large prints of enlarged 35mm negatives of night testing of safety zone sign taken at South Melbourne Depot and in St Kilda Road.

.16 Bourke St - looking west at Russell St? with caption "prow replacing type 2 (Hairpin sign) with both original (white) and new MCC (Yellow) line marking on approach".

.17 - Bourke St - looking west at Kings St and caption "Prow replacing type 2 (Hairpin sign) with original line marking on approach.



.16 and .17 taken on Polaroid Instamatic cameras.

Inscriptions & markings

Some of the photos have captions written on the rear.