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Photograph - Ballarat Tram 21, Tram in Barkly Street with Pearces Park and a Caltex Service Station in the background, 22 August 1971

  • Tram in Barkly Street with Pearces Park and a Caltex Service Station in the background, 22 August 1971.

Historical information

Tram 21 was built by Duncan and Fraser, Adelaide in 1909. Originally built for the Municipal Tramways Trust of Adelaide. Came to Ballarat in 1937.
At the time of the photograph it was the only tram running that had five saloon windows. When the trams stopped running in 1971, it went to the Australian Electric Transport Museum, Adelaide, South Australia.
The photograph shows Tram 21 in Barkly Street leaving Mount Pleasant. Pearce's Park and a Caltex Service Station are in the background.
Photographer Campbell Duncan took this photo on 22 August 1971.

Physical description

Colour image in cardboard Kodak mount. 35mm slide

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten notation in ink on mount.

Subjects

References

  • "The Golden City and its Tramways: Ballarat's Tramway Era", by Alan Bradley
  • Last Tram at 11: Tramways of Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong by William F Scott
  • Ballarat Tramway Museum: Fleet and Infrastructure Conservation Policy;Version 3, September 2024
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