Re: South Melbourne depot 1925
  David Batho

Wow!

David


> On 5 Jan 2021, at 2:48 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

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> In 1925 the MMTB was powering on to achieve its goals - new trams, new electric tramway, new workshops, new depots and commencing the cable tram conversion.

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> One of the key tasks was building the new depot in Hanna St South Melbourne.

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> The attached pic shows it under construction ... and apparently already accommodating a W and two Q class (later G class) trams (numbers 148 and 149) which were built by the MMTB in 1922.

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> The photo is from an album of photos of construction projects in 1925 given to me by Mr Ken Painter, former Civil Engineer with the MMTB.

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> Mal Rowe - - realising what a busy year 1925 must have been

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