Historical information

Set of 13 Digital images, from slides taken by George Stevens on 25/1/1970:
1 Trams 26 and 30 Sturt St at the City Centre stop - taken from the south side
2 Tram 17 Victoria St, inbound to the gardens with garden plantations behind.
3 Tram 17 Ditto, Bakery Hill with R A Hudson electrical contractor building in the background
4 Tram 32 Turning from Main St into Barkly St with Ballarat fire station and milk bar in the background'
5 Tram 32 Barkly St
6 Tram 32 At the Mt Pleasant terminus
7 Tram 32 turned into Barkly St with Ballarat Fire Station behind
8 Tram 26 Sturt St at Armstrong St
9 Trams 11 and 32 leaving the City terminus, westbound in Sturt St to Sebastopol and Gardens via Sturt St west respectively
10 Trams 11 and 32 as above, from near Armstrong St looking west into the sun
11 Tram 26 Bridge St with destination of Mt Pleasant
12 Tram 13 Bridge St, near Grenville St. Signal lamps are visible on the left and right-hand poles. Tram has a pay-as-you-enter and Twin Lakes sign.
13 Tram 12 Descending the Lydiard St hill to the railway level crossing with Victoria House and Kennedy Murray buildings in the view.

Significance

Yields information about the tramcars used on 25/1/1970 and the various locations around the system.

Physical description

Set of 13 digital images scanned from slides.