Slide - Set of 6, Warren Doubleday, Ballarat - last day of the Lydiard St Nth to Sebastopol line, 19/9/1971

Historical information

Photos taken on the last day of the SECV operated tram services in Ballarat 19/9/1971
1 - Tram 39 running out as Special at corner of Sturt and Drummond St North. Has the Mobil Service station and J A Malpass shop in the background.
2 - Tram 40 waiting at the railway gates. Has the Kennedy Murray Pty Ltd General Carrier office in the background and the railway goods shed. Photo taken from the signal box.
3 - Tram 42 in Lydiard St North with Reids Coffee Palace and the Provincial Hotel in the background. The street is very quiet.
4 - Tram 39 at the Lydiard St North terminus.
5 - Tram 40 at the Lydiard St North terminus. Note the shelter and the tram stop pole.
6 - Tram 40 using the Dawson St Crossover with St Patricks Cathedral behind.

Significance

Yields information about the last day of SEC public operations in Ballarat.

Physical description

Set of 6 Kodachrome colour slides - cardboard mounts. Sixth one in a green card mount.

Inscriptions & markings

Have the photographer's slide numbers written on them.

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