Historical information

Photos taken on the last Saturday of full operations by the SECV in Ballarat prior to the first closure of the Victoria St line on 22/8/1971.
1 - Tram 32 Drummond St North with Hospital behind.
2 - Tram 33 passing a Licensed grocer in Lydiard St North.
3 - Trams 27 and 33 Lydiard St North with the Railway Hotel, Cuthbert's solicitors offices, Norman J Ford with a Griffiths Tea and McAlpine flour adverts, and a commercial college in the background.
4 - Tram 33 on the Lydiard St level crossing while the down pass awaits with S305
5 - Tram 11 waits for S305 to pass through the level crossing.
6 - S302 and S300 on up interstate goods with the new highway overpass bridge being constructed.

Significance

Yields information about the last full Saturday of SEC Tramway operations in Ballarat and has a strong association with the archivist.

Physical description

Set of 6 Kodachrome colour slides - cardboard mounts

Inscriptions & markings

Have the photographer's slide numbers written on them.