On 27/11/2010 8:21 PM, Noel Reed wrote:
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> People in Melbourne may know whether similar inspection covers were used on their former cable tramways. They may have become evident during street excavations along former cable lines.


Yes indeed - one at every pulley.

Here's a pic of a cover ( a bit covered in dirt!) on the Abbotsford St line un-earthed in 2007.
http://tdu.to/Cover_AbootsfordSt_May2007.jpg
On 'pull curves' the pulleys and covers were much more closely spaced.

Mal Rowe - in the city which once had the biggest cable tram system in the world under one management