Photograph - Trolley wire and fittings of emergency use, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 8/1951

Historical information

Photos show a man in a suit holding a length of trolley wire with three fittings. Two of the fittings are temporary wire clamps for joining a broken trolley wires together, and the fitting in the center that allowed it to be hooked onto a span wire.

Significance

Yields information about overhead fittings that may have been subject to a trial.

Physical description

Black and white photo with notes on the rear

Inscriptions & markings

On rear in ink "Mr Hines, very good, please start a photo album for me, smaller than the test laboratory. 24/8/51"

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