NRS-17440 | Capital works ledger [Tramways]

Full description

This series consists of a single volume, recording expenditure for each financial year. The years are listed at the top of the page and the volume is divided into the following sections: date, number of abstract, particulars, date charged against vote, Lindfield to Hornsby surveys, Hornsby to Gosford engineering, Gosford to Newcastle land, Waratah to West Maitland clearing, West Maitland to Murrurundi earthworks, Murrurundi to Werris Creek tunnels, bridges and culverts, level crossings, Emu Plains to Blaxland fencing, Mt. Victoria to Dargans ballasting, Bowenfels to Bathurst sleepers, Bathurst to Blayney rails and fastenings, tracklaying, buildings, roads and approaches, Picton to Goulburn water supply, Goulburn to Cullerin signals and interlocking, Cullerin to Harden telegraph and telephone lines, jetties and wharves, masts and structures, overhead wiring, sectioning equipment, Sydney to Sydenham, Waterfall to Otford, old classification, miscellaneous, and total. Some of the categories alter slightly for some years.

Tramway Capital is also recorded in this volume, detailing the following: folio, date, number of abstract, particulars, date charged against vote, surveys, engineering, land, earthworks, bridges and culverts, junction arrangements, construction of line sidings, rails/sleepers and ballast, buildings, bonding, signals, water supply, legal expenses, telegraphs and telephones, wood paving, fencing, car shed, overhead wiring, feeders, battery house and booster, sub stations, goods depots, roads and approaches, miscellaneous, sundries, and total.

There is also a loose A4 typescript sheet containing additions to tramway capital subsequent to 30 June 1930.

This series was originally part of State Rail Archives Series R399. R399 included a number of record series and these have been separated as follows:
NRS 17439 Index to capital works correspondence [Railways] 1884-1888
NRS 17441 Capital account ledgers [Tramways] 1879-1931
NRS 17442 Capital account ledgers [Railways] 1849-1980

Custody History
From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R399 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.