Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company operated a steam-powered passenger tramway service in Accrington between 1886 and 1907. The Accrington Corporation...
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Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company since 1886. Despite the name, it was independent of the corporation. On 20 September 1907, Accrington Corporation...
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the newly formed Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways acquired the part of the Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company’s line within its boundary, and...
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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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Darlington Steam Tramways Company operated two separate tramway concerns in the North East of England. The first was a horse-drawn tramway service in...
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Wigan Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Wigan, England, between 1901 and 1931. The first tramway service in the town was run by the Wigan...
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the Hull Corporation (having acquired authority to construct an electric tramway in 1896) bought the Drypool and Marfleet Steam Tramways Company for £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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Birmingham Corporation Tramways operated a network of tramways in Birmingham from 1904 until 1953. It was the largest narrow-gauge tramway network in...
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Devonport and District Tramway (later the Plymouth Tramways Company), which was built to 3 feet 6 inch gauge and used both steam and horse power before...
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Croydon. Note: The LCC tramway system was assembled from predecessors including fourteen municipal and three company undertakings. Tramways were not built in...
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has media related to Leeds City Tramways. Photos of Leeds trams from 1953 Leeds City Tramways at the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website...
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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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Corporation Tramways on the British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons website Southend-on-Sea Corporation Tramways ticket SCT61 Southend Corporation...
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Edinburgh Corporation Tramways was a Scottish tram network that formerly served the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The city used four-wheeled double-decked...
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the tramway under similar terms to the electrical contract, and the Corporation would authorise the seeking of a provisional order under the Tramways Act...
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Thomas Green & Son (category Steam vehicles)
steam tram engines were: Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company Birmingham & Midland Tramways Ltd. Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company Blackburn...
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electric tramway in the world". The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway today operates diesel and steam tourist trains over part of the Tramway's former...
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Nottingham Corporation Tramways was formed when Nottingham Corporation took over the Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited, which had operated...
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Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company operated a steam tramway service between Blackburn and Darwen between 1881 and 1898. The tramway was authorised by...
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Swansea and Mumbles Railway (category Early Welsh railway companies)
otherwise" and owed nothing to the Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 78). The passenger rolling stock used in steam days bore little resemblance to conventional...
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steam tramways until the municipalities began building and operating routes at the turn of the 20th century. The Wigan and District Tramways Company ran...
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Bath Tramways Company and its successors operated a 4 ft (1,219 mm) horse-drawn tramway service in Bath between 1880 and 1902. From 1903 until its closure...
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towards Accrington that included gradients as steep as 1 in 38. The Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company built a tramline from Accrington in 1887...
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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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Tramways operated horse-drawn tramway services in Belfast from 1872 to 1905. Its lines later formed a major part of the Belfast Corporation Tramways....
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Huddersfield Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Huddersfield, England, between 1883 and 1940. It initially used steam locomotives pulling...
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and Stourbridge Steam Tramways Company operated a steam tramway service between Dudley and Stourbridge between 1884 and 1899. The tramway was authorised...
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Wallasey Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Wallasey between 1902 and 1933. Wallasey Corporation Tramways was a direct successor...
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Steam Tramways operated a tramway service in Hartlepool between 1884 and 1891. The Hartlepool Tramways Order of 1883 authorised the Hartlepools Steam...
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