Suggested supports for loading tramcars, 1969

Suggested supports for loading tramcars, 1969. After the closure of Brisbane tramways, some private residents were fortunate to acquire tramcars for $50 to be lodged on their properties or in school playgrounds. The department of transport sent letters to residents requesting them to pick up their tramcars at the Ipswich Road depot. Accompanying the letter was this suggestion of how best to move the seven ton cars. The top of the map suggests, ‘All supports to be made of timber of sufficient dimension to ensure stability supports must not be closer to centre of tram than position shown’. Drawn by the Brisbane City Council Department of Transport, Collection of the Brisbane City Archives