Photograph - Set of 5 Black & White Photograph/s, Cable tram operations

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Greasing or oiling the cable pulleys

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Oiling the pulleys 2

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Historical information

1 - employee with a uniform cap - could be a shunter - lifting the cable into the adjacent grip car. Marked on rear as "Lonsdale St"
.2 - worker in a cable pulley maintenance pit oiling the mechanism - note the other pits. Has put a "Danger" sing out on the roadway. Marked on rear "Bourke and Spring St 1938" Two copies held and one digital image from a scene shot.
.3 - a worker watching the cable entering a winding house looking for damage - what a boring job! Marked on rear as "Checking cables 1938"
.4 - communications pillar - or box - to communicate with the winding house
.5 - photos shows the grip in the roadway
Images have been reproduced from a movie - Commuting by Cable?

Significance

Yields information of the cable tram operations c1938.

Physical description

Series of five Black & White Photographs by the TMSV Sales and one digital image from Commuting by Cable.

Inscriptions & markings

Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear with some notes in pencil on the rear as shown above.

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Identifier

5900

Production methods

Photograph, Printed

Materials

Paper

Measurements

Width: 102 Millimetres, Height: 76 Millimetres

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Accessed 25 November 2024

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