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Moseley, Plymouth Webpage created: April 17, 2018 Webpage updated: July 27, 2019 |
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TRAMWAYS IN OLD PLYMOUTH | PLYMOUTH TRAMWAYS COMPANY PLYMOUTH TRAMWAYS ACT 1889 The Plymouth Tramways Act 1889 authorised the formation of Plymouth's fifth tramway company, the Plymouth Tramways Company. This was to take over the lines already constructed by the Plymouth, Devonport and District Tramways Company Limited under their Acts of 1882 and 1884 and which were, in 1889, the property of the Plymouth Tramways Company Limited. No fewer than 16 new stretches of tramways were authorised to be constructed to a gauge of 3 feet 6 inches:-
Lines 8, 9, 14 and 16 (the latter from Market Avenue through the Cattle Market, Cornwall Street and Russell Street and terminating at a junction with the existing tramway in Russell Street) were not authorised by the Act. The Act also empowered the Company to abandon, take up and remove portions of line built by the old Company; to widen part of Old Town Street; and to use either animal, steam, mechanical, electric or cable power. Important note: The above synopsis does not cover all of the Sections in the Act.
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