Photograph - Geelong Tramway laying of new track - Malop & Moorabool Sts, Melbourne Electric Supply Co. (MESCo), c1911

Historical information

Photo shows track construction in Malop St at the intersection with Moorabool St, looking west in Malop St. Has a horse drawn cab turning from Malop into Moorabool St. In the background are buildings for H Fanks & Co, booksellers and stationers, advertising the Argus and Australasian, J Lockwood photographers, Havelock tobacco, tea rooms, Walter S Wylan & Co and Wartzki Freedman & Co. Very similar to item 9268.

Significance

Yields information about the construction of Geelong tramways in Malop St.

Physical description

Black and white print on paper.

Inscriptions & markings

In ink on the rear, "Malop St facing West" and various reproduction marks.

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