Document - Research Essay, Leigh J Harding, "Development of Tram Engine Houses", 1966

Historical information

Research Essay, possibly the final draft, by Leigh J Harding looking at the engine houses that powered the Melbourne cable tram system from an Engineering and Architectural viewpoint. Has pencil notations to where photographs would be placed. Provides details on the background to their construction by the Melbourne Tramways Trust in the 1880s. Includes notes on the land acquisition, site plan, internal layout plan and notes on the operations and disposal. Notes on the Essendon, Bendigo and Ballarat power stations are included.
The author was a Melbourne University Architecture student with this very detailed study part of his course.

Significance

Yields information about the Melbourne cable tram engine houses and similar buildings.

Physical description

Report - 82 foolscap pages - typed and handmade

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