| Date Built |
1913 |
Builder |
Duncan & Fraser of Adelaide in Ballarat |
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| Technical Details |
(As Built) |
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| Type |
Single truck, straight sill, closed cross bench |
| Length |
31' 0" |
(9.45m) |
Width |
TBA |
(m) |
| Height |
TBA |
(m) |
Wheelbase |
TBA |
(m) |
| Approx. Mass |
TBA |
(tonnes) |
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| History: |
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| 1913 |
Delivered to Electric Supply Co. of Vic. as Ballarat tram
No. 21. Built new to supplement fleet upon conversion of the Sebastopol
line, and known as a Sebastopol tram. Could be converted to a full cross
bench for the summer period. Believed to be seldom done however. |
| 1934 |
Ballarat tramway system formally taken over by the SEC. |
| 1935 |
Sold by SEC to a Daylesford landowner, and used as the
basis of a house. |
| 1994 |
Acquired by the BTM, and stored off site. |
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| Heritage Significance: |
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| One of three trams built of this type. Another body (22)
was acquired by the BTM in 2009. The 3rd tram, No. 23, was converted to the Ballarat Scrubber by
the SEC in 1934. and is owned by the The Tramway Museum Society of Victoria and is located at their site at Bylands.
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| Conservation Plan: |
| Keep body remains under cover, pending finalisation of
conservation policy.
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| Museum Status: |
| Stored off-site. |
