Slide - Set of 8, Warren Doubleday, Ballarat - last day of the Mt Pleasant line, 5/9/1971

Historical information

Photos taken on the last day of the Mt Pleasant tram line 5/9/1971
1 - Tram 43 at the Gardens - trams reversed at this point and returned to Mt Pleasant.
2 - Trams 43, 13 and 14 in Sturt St West at the Russell St loop.
3 - Tram 13 in Sturt St, inbound with an ANZ bank and Miss Heidi? dress shop in the background.
4 - Tram 30 in bound in Sturt near Doveton St with the Queen Alexandra Bandstand in the view.
5 - A busy Sturt St with three trams and people observing on a nice day.
6 - and now with five trams at Tramway or the City Centre - trams 39, 27, 12
7 - Tram 43 pulls into the stop at Sturt and Lydiard St,
8 -Turning into Lydiard St North with 39 behind - a man with a point bar and possibly the Inspector as well. Behind are the Town Hall and the Myer store.

Significance

Yields information about the last day of the Mt Pleasant tram line in Ballarat.

Physical description

Set of 7 Kodachrome colour slides - cardboard mounts

Inscriptions & markings

Have the photographer's slide numbers written on them.

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