Photograph - Tower wagon, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB)?, MTA?, Metropolitan Transit Authority?, c1970s

Historical information

Photograph shows an M&MTB tower wagon (truck with aerial platform) used to work on tramway overhead wires and equipment. Two men in white helmets and dark civilian clothes stand in the air on the platform while another male sits in the truck's driver's seat. The Bedford truck with plate MZR339 carries the M&MTB logo on its side door along with No. 17 and the truck's weight. It is parked beside a timber span pole in a suburban street with Californian Bungalow houses.

Significance

Yields information about M&MTB tower wagons

Physical description

Black and white photograph with ink stamp on rear.

Inscriptions & markings

Ink stamp: "Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board"

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