Photograph - Sturt St and Grenville St terminus, c1915

Historical information

Photograph taken from the corner of Sturt, Bridge and Grenville Sts Ballarat looking west. Shows an ESCo Sebastopol type tramcar on the left and a 1905 built type on the right. In the middle is the waiting shelter / office. Photograph shows the track into Bridge St. Has a number of horse drawn vehicles in the photograph. Possibly c1915 after the opening of the Sebastopol electric line and before the removal of the shelter in 1923. There is possibly one motor cars in the photograph outside Suttons. The Mechanics Institute is advertising its Library, ladies rooms and fees.

Significance

Yields information about the intersection of Sturt/Bridge and Grenville Sts, ESCo trams, and the shelter.

Physical description

Black and white photograph with a plain back.

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