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Photograph - Ballarat Tram 33, Tram in Sturt Street about to cross Grenville Street, 10/08/1971

  • Tram 33 in Sturt Street about to cross Grenville Street, 10/08/1971

Historical information

Tram 33 was built by Duncan and Fraser in 1917 for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust. It was on-sold to the Footscray Tramways Trust. Due to the First World War shortages of electrical equipment, the tram could not be completed. Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board took over the Trust and completed the tram. It was purchased by the SEC in 1935 and became part of the Ballarat fleet. In 1971 the tram was acquired by the Hamilton Pastoral Museum and there until Ballarat Tramways Museum acquired it in 1978.
The photograph shows Tram 33 descending the hill in Sturt Street, about to cross Grenville Street. The tram shelter is to the right. It was taken by Campbell Duncan on 10 August 1971.

Physical description

Negative folder, paper, Photape Pty Ltd

Subjects

References

  • "Last Tram at 11: Tramways of Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong" by William F Scott
  • "The Golden City and its Tramways: Ballarat's tramway era" by Alan Bradley
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