Functional object - MMTB Bundy Clock key, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), H5, 1930s

Historical information

Used from Hawthorn depot in the time recording Bundy clocks that were located around the MMTB system. Related to the driver's shift number. Used until the closure of the Hawthorn tram depot in 1965.

Significance

Demonstrates a Bundy time recording clock key.

Physical description

Key - or Bundy Clock Key - brass, rounded head with drilled hole stamped "Tramways" with a steel section that controlled the action of the recording clock and provided the means of stamping the number "H5" onto a paper tape.


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