Photograph - SECV Ballarat - last days of operations - set of 10, George Stevens, 17/9/1971

Historical information

Set of 10 Digital images, from slides taken by George Stevens on 17/9/1971:
1 - Trams 41, 17 in the City parking loop with Dickins Food Store in the background and plenty of parking meters in the foreground
2 - Tram 42 At the City stop in Sturt St. Has the Town Hall, Myer and Coles n the background
3 - Tram 17 parked in City Loop in Sturt St with the T&G corner, Mechanics Institute in the background.
4 - Tram 35 Southbound in Lydiard St, just before Macarthur St, the cutting was between Clarendon St and Macarthur St.
5 - Tram 35 Crossing the level crossing with the signal gantry and Reids Palace in the background.
6 - Trams 35, 34 At the end of the double track in Lydiard St Nth with J J Coller & Co and other buildings in the view looking south.
7 - Tram 34 Northbound in Lydiard St Nth with Scots Church in the background.
8 - Tram 34 Northbound in Lydiard St Nth
9 - Tram 34 On its way back to Sebastopol from the terminus
10 - Tram 34 At the Gregory St Loop

Significance

Yields information about the tramcars used on 17/9/1971 and the various locations around the system.

Physical description

Set of 10 digital images scanned from slides.

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