On 19/01/2018 1:17 PM, 'Roger Greenwood'efftech@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> At the top of the left-hand depot entrance (presumably Road 1) is a gantry that supports the incoming 3-phase AC supply and the outgoing 600V DC to the tramway overhead.

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> Towards the end of the Footscray local tramways, the number of trams in operation declined and it was possible for the service to be maintained from the MMTB’s West Maribyrnong substation. Accordingly, the depot DC supply was discontinued and the feeders & gantry were removed.

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> I don’t know the date of this cutback but I suppose 1960 or 61. Perhaps someone has a more accurate date.

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Thanks Roger - interesting 'factoid'.

It does not help much with the date.  The S (or Coburg A) trams were scrapped in 1953 - so that's the latest possible date already.

Mal