Ballarat Tramway Museum

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“The Ballarat Tramway Museum was set up in 1971 to preserve a part of the historic tramway of Ballarat, Victoria. The trams in Ballarat operated a on a large network through the city from 1887 until 1971. The museum is run by volunteers and has a fleet of trams which operate on part of the original horse tramway around Lake Wendouree and the Botanical Gardens. It has a large research collection, archive of information and more than 3500 items about the Ballarat tramways.
The first group to work on saving part of the historic tramway was the Lake Wendouree Tramway Museum Committee which in May 1971 began negotiating with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) who was the operator of the trams.:41 The Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society was also formed in 1971 to start, and run, an authentic tramway.:44 In 1978 the Society became incorporated, and used the business name Ballarat Tourist Tramway.:14 This name was changed to the Ballarat Vintage Tramway in 1981.
The original plan was to keep all the tramway that ran around the shores of Lake Wendouree. However after discussions with the SEC and the City of Ballarat, only the section of track that was in the Botanical Gardens was kept. This was part of the original horse tramway that opened in 1887, and was electrified in 1905.:11 The SEC donated the equipment, track, overhead wires, and trams. A new tram depot was built in the South Gardens Reserve and track laid to join it to existing tramway. A new substation had to be built to supply DC current to the trams. The first trip on the museum’s tramway was in December 1974, and the track was officially opened on 1 February 1975.”

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