[Overhead wire maintenance]

Object detail

Accession number

08/092/064

Maker

Graham Stewart

Production period

1950s

Description

Two Auckland Transport Board maintenance tower wagons erecting trolley bus overhead wires on Sandringham Road at the intersection with New North Road as a city bound tram number 212 from Avondale passes. First image in a series of three showing process of erection of trolley bus overheads and removal of tram tracks.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white : 15.5 x 20.5 cm

Collection

Bruce Gamble Collection

Credit Line

Graham Stewart. 1955. [Overhead wire maintenance], 08/092/064. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Sandringham
Auckland City
Auckland District
Auckland
New Zealand

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Classification

Photograph Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Auckland New Zealand Trams

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

Subject auto tags

Vehicle Sky Motor vehicle Train Building Car Electricity Mode of transport Overhead power line Neighbourhood

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