Historical information

The report titled "Proposed Melbourne to Burwood Electric Tramway and Electrification of Hawthorn Horse Tramway" by McCarty Underwood dated May 1914. Report prepared as a precursor to the formation of the Hawthorn Tramways Trust. The report looks at the estimated costs, revenue, expenditure and engineering difficulties. Only considered a line to Burwood, not Wattle Park. Has a page looking at the use of Storage Battery cars.

Significance

Yields information about the establishment of the Burwood tram line.

Physical description

Report - 16 printed foolscap sheets plus a fold out plan in colour, centre stapled.

Inscriptions & markings

Has "1" in a circle in indelible pencil in the top right hand corner.