Slide - Set of 4, Ron Scholten, Jun. 1973

Physical description

Set of four colour slides, white cardboard, by Kodak, of trams 912 and 1018 in the City area testing clearances around safety zones, as part of the development of the Z class tram. Done on a Sunday morning.



.1 - 912 in Flinders St with Flinders St station, platform 1 west in the background - slide dated May 1973.



.2 - tram 1018, without the tram protrusion on the top of the car body as in 912 at Victoria Parade and Brunswick St. Tram 644, City Brunswick St, in the background. In the back is Eastern Hill Fire Station.



.3 - as above. Has advertising for Amoco Petrol and White Horse Whiskey



.4 - 1018 in Brunswick St returning to Preston Workshops. Has St Patrick's Cathedral.



Slides 2 and 3 are dated June 1973.

Inscriptions & markings

All have a running number "1202" and "1218", "1219" and "1221" and "1018" written on the slide.

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