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Tram References
Archival Footage
Transport for NSW / NSW Government
Film Australia
National Film and Sound Archives
Archival Photography of Types of Trams
NSWGR – NSW Government Railways (Now Transport for NSW)
Works Cited
– [ ] Pyrmont History Group. (n.d.). Darcy Dugan. Retrieved from Pyrmont History Group: https://pyrmonthistory.net.au/dugan-darcy
– [ ] ROWLAND, E. C. (2015, August). Sydney Tramways. Retrieved from ‘Sydney Tramways’ – Royal Australian History Society: https://www.rahs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Sydneys-Tramways-E-C-Rowland-JRAHS-1955.pdf
– [ ] Stevens, A., & Butler-Bowden, D. (2009). Shooting Through: Sydney by Tram. Retrieved from Sydney Living Museum: https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/shooting-through-sydney-tram
George st Tram
By State Library of New South Wales collection – https://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/5955844045/, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41527836
Horse drawn
By Unknown author – 01/01/1894 https://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/2654952920/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11975861
Steam powered
By Photographic Collection from Australia – Steam TramUploaded by Oxyman, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22352699
First
old Sydney railway station to Circular Quay along Pitt Street.[1]
Built in 1861, the design was compromised by the desire to haul railway freight wagons along the line to supply city businesses and return cargo from the docks at Circular Quay with passenger traffic as an afterthought.
This resulted in a track that protruded from the road surface and it caused damage to the wheels of wagons trying to cross it. Hard campaigning by competing Horse Omnibus owners – as well as a fatal accident involving the leading Australian musician Isaac Nathan in 1864 – led to closure in 1866.
The Sydney tram power supply system was built using New York City subway electrical equipment that was adapted for tram usage. A generating plant was installed at Ultimo and White Bay Power Stations.[5]
C-Class By HutheMeow – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71045269
D-Class By Unknown author – http://www.railpage.org.au/tram/images/syd-d.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12158829
FootBoard Danger
Revered though footboard trams were for the number of passengers they could move, they were deathtraps for the conductors working them. On average, each day one conductor fell or was knocked off the footboard by passing motor vehicles as they became more popular. In the three years 1923, 1924, 1925, there were 282, 289, and 233 accidents respectively to conductors on NSW tramways.[8] The majority suffered a fractured skull. From 1916 to 1932, there were 4,097 accidents to tram employees, and from 1923 to 1931 there were 10,228 accidents to passengers having falls when alighting or boarding. 63 of the falls were fatal.[9] Of the more than 100 falls reported of conductors, one quarter died from their injuries.[10
Railway Square – By Unknown author – https://www.flickr.com/photos/26685137@N03/sets/72157616080287888/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9459907
Railway Square 1910 – By Lindsay Bridge – https://www.flickr.com/photos/intervene/5183751883/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75025440
O Class and truck collision – By https://www.flickr.com/photos/26685137@N03/sets/72157616080287888/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9458696
Laying tracks at Newtown Station – By Unknown author – https://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/4463463585/ State Records of New South Wales, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11976915
1880 Pitt St Tram Deport – By Adam.J.W.C. – https://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/2688542862/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11045516
Into Mourning
The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 29 June 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 13 September 2013
Long Bay Track Anna Laurendet Pinterest
Issac Newton By Unknown author – From the digital collections of the National Library of Australia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57165424
Don John National Library of Australia
Tram Line George Street
Trams at Circular Quay State Library NSW
DARCY DUGAN SONG – GRAFTON JAIL – BOB CAMPBELL AUSTRALIA – Amanda Pahl https://www.youtube.com/user/farmgrove
Darcy Dugan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bJ_6dJKYhA Youtube Notorious DRC
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Great story Terry. Love the ornate trams in Melbourne.
Such a sad ending. Can't believe it was allowed to happen. New ones have no character.
You always provide such interesting facts and I love the music you choose. It was criminally wasteful the manner in which the government of the day destroyed Sydney's trams.