Photograph - Copy - Elizabeth St cable tram terminus, c1900

Historical information

Photograph shows a cable tram with a bogie trailer leaving the Flinders St terminus in Elizabeth St for Brunswick and another cable tram set being shunted in the background. The Conductor is standing on the dummy or grip car. In the background is the Craig's Furnishing store and the Flinders St station. In the foreground is a traffic pillar with a one way traffic sign on it. Note the two types of street lamps. Photo possibly from a postcard.

Significance

Yields information about the shunting of cable trams at the Elizabeth St terminus c1900.

Physical description

Black and white print with a plain back

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