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1881: Horse-Drawn Tram – Editors Pic

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1881: Horse-Drawn Tram

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The first horse-drawn tram plied between the Market Square (now Vuyisile Mini Square) and North End. The terminus being the old tram sheds which stood opposite the Railway Hotel.

On 16 June 1897 the horse-drawn trams were replaced by electric trams and, after testing by Goverment Electrician Mr AP Trotter, the line was extended to the Hill.

The Humewood extension of about 1 and a third miles was constructed principally upon a sleeper track on account of the sand and opened for service in 1902.

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