Slide - Hawthorn Depot & Freight car 17 - set of 4, Ron Hood, 9/1971

Historical information

Set of four photographs by Ron Hood Sept.1971. of freight car 17, passing the Hawthorn Tram Depot in Wallen Road / Power St / Riversdale Road before the reconstruction of the intersection. Paint markings for this reconstruction work can be seen on the roadway. In the first photo, a W2 is following the freight car, advertising Mitchells' brushes. The Freight tram is on display in its original form as NMETL No. 13, see reference.

Significance

Yields information about freight tram 17 and Hawthorn Depot prior to the reconstruction of the Power St/ Riversdale Road intersection.

Physical description

Colour slide in a hanimount cardboard mount.

Inscriptions & markings

in ink numbered 280 to 283, and "Hawthorn Depot, September 1971" on one slide.

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