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 cart loaded with bags or sacks of grain 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 9267.

Significance

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

Physical description

Black and white print on paper. Two copies held.

Inscriptions & markings

The no. 1 in a circle written on the reverse in ink. GRS710/25/1/2 and 25-2 written on the reverse in pencil.

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