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    Stockport Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Stockport, England, between 1901 and 1951. It was preceded by a horse tramway from Levenshulme...
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    council, a branch of Manchester Corporation Tramways was built 280 yards (260 m) into the park from the existing tramway on Middleton Road. A large waiting...
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  • Stockport Corporation Tramways in 1901 the power station supplied electric current to tram system. The trams were decommissioned in 1951. Stockport power...
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  • Middleton Tramways. Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire: Manchester Transport Museum Society. p. 19. Bett, Wingate H.; Gillham, John C. (1976). The Tramways of South-East...
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    Glasgow Corporation Tramways were formerly one of the largest urban tramway systems in Europe. Over 1000 municipally-owned trams served the city of Glasgow...
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    Between 1901 and 1949 Manchester Corporation Tramways (known as Manchester Corporation Transport Department from 1929 onwards) was the municipal operator...
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    Corporation Tramways (YCT) provided an electric tramway and trolleybus service in York between 1910 and 1935. In 1909, the City of York Corporation purchased...
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  • Bournemouth and Poole Tramways. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-47-2. Bett, W. H.; Gillham, J. C. (1990). The Tramways of South West England...
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    under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The municipal borough consisted of parts of Cheshire, namely the township of Stockport and the neighbouring...
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  • Darwen Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Darwen between 1899 and 1946. The Corporation took over the services operated by the Blackburn...
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    Newcastle Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1901 and 1950. Services began on 16 December 1901. A fleet of...
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    Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in...
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  • Thumbnail for Liverpool Corporation Tramways
    Liverpool Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Liverpool between 1898 and 1957. At the peak of Britain’s first-generation tramways, it was...
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    Brighton Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Brighton between 1901 and 1939. Brighton Corporation Tramways operated an extensive...
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    Aberdeen Corporation Tramways formerly served the City of Aberdeen, Scotland. The city's tram system was the most northerly municipal tramway in the United...
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  • Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company was incorporated in 1880, the result of a merger of the Manchester Suburban Tramways Company and the Manchester...
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    National Tramway Museum at Crich. The National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire holds eight Sheffield trams. Sheffield Corporation Tramways car 15...
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  • of the tramways was 4 ft (1,219 mm). In 1880 the Bradford Corporation had gained parliamentary approval under the Bradford Corporation Tramways Order to...
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  • into the carriageway and that the tramways were shared with other road users. Costs of maintenance of the tramway and its immediate neighbouring road...
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    Northampton Corporation Tramways operated the tramway service in Northampton between 1901 and 1934. The company was purchased from the Northampton Street...
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  • Retrieved 3 November 2014. Turner, Keith (2009). Directory of British Tramways. Volume 2. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-7524-4233-4...
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    Gloucester Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Gloucester between 1904 and 1933. Gloucester City Council purchased the assets...
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  • c. cxxi) Birmingham Corporation Water Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. clxxiii) Barking Gas Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. xviii) Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict...
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    Chester Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Chester between 1903 and 1930. Chester Town Council seemed less than enthusiastic to purchase...
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    Newport Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Newport between 1894 and 1937. Newport Corporation took over the Newport Tramways Company on...
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    War. In 1882, Lightfoot sold the line to Isle of Man Tramways Ltd, later the Isle of Man Tramways & Electric Power Co. Ltd, which also owned the Manx Electric...
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    Rochdale Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Rochdale between 1902 and 1932. In 1898, Rochdale Town Council adopted a resolution...
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    Sunderland Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Sunderland (then part of County Durham) between 1900 and 1954. In 1900 Sunderland Corporation bought...
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  • Colchester Corporation Tramways served the town of Colchester in Essex from 28 July 1904 until 8 December 1929. In 1901, Colchester Corporation authorised...
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    Reading Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Reading in the English county of Berkshire between 1901 and 1939. The tramway is one of the...
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