Negative - Geelong 38 and welding truck - Moorabool St, Laurie Gallop, early 1956

Historical information

Photo shows Geelong 38 south bound to Belmont and welding truck - Moorabool St between Myers and McKillop Streets. The welding with the power supply from the overhead would most likely be repairing a broken joint.
One of a set of photos was taken between 15/2/1956 and 3/3/1956 when services operated only between Belmont and North before the final closure of the Belmont route on 25/31956 and that bogie tram 31 is not shown on the board, having gone to Ballarat on 15/2/1956 - see item 5554. See item 8213 for an article on the Geelong system by Keith Kings.

Significance

Yields information about the Geelong operations toward the closure of the tram system.

Physical description

Black and white Negative - 120 size

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