Historical information

Produced by the SEC (Geelong Electric Tramways) to document Bus routes.

Significance

Yields information regarding the Bus Routes 1 to 26 in the City of Geelong and surrounds between 1946-48.

Physical description

SEC hand modified map, "Geelong, Reproduced for Shrimpton and Son, By permission of Geelong Waterworks and Sewage Trust". Date 06/11/1946.

Inscriptions & markings

Original printed map of Geelong "reproduced for Shrimpton and Son by permission of Geelong Waterworks and Sewage Trust". Bus Routes hand drawn in pen and colour pencil with added legend under the map title in centre right side of map. Map also includes "H. Thacker, PHOTO LITHO, Geelong" in bottom right-hand corner and a date in the bottom right-hand corner edge of page 2 written in pencil. A second date and title, Bus Routes, has been glued under the map title (where is normally says "Reproduced for Shrimpton and Son, By permission of Geelong Waterworks and Sewage Trust") with date 14/10/1948 (note that this differs from the date on page 2 and the date stamp on the similar map with tram routes - item 10962 which was 06/11/1946).