. The Street railway journal . VII. No. 5. THE BELFAST TRAMWAYS The tramways in Belfast were the last of those in any largecity in the United Kingdom to he changed from horse to elec-tricity, and the new electric system has just been had a population in 1901 of , and the first tram-ways in the city were put in operation in 1872 by the BelfastStreet Tramways Company. In 1893 the city, by the twenty-one-year act, was permitted to purchase them, but instead con-tinued the companys lease for fourteen years. By subsequent equipment; and Mr. Nance, who had for many years man
. The Street railway journal . VII. No. 5. THE BELFAST TRAMWAYS The tramways in Belfast were the last of those in any largecity in the United Kingdom to he changed from horse to elec-tricity, and the new electric system has just been had a population in 1901 of , and the first tram-ways in the city were put in operation in 1872 by the BelfastStreet Tramways Company. In 1893 the city, by the twenty-one-year act, was permitted to purchase them, but instead con-tinued the companys lease for fourteen years. By subsequent equipment; and Mr. Nance, who had for many years managedthe horse tramway system under the old company and had beenappointed manager for the corporation, to prepare a specifica-tion for new rolling stock, and to make the necessary altera-tions and additions to the car sheds and depots. After thespecifications had been submitted to Lacy, Sillar & Leigh forexpert advice, tenders were invited for the work of recon-struction of the tramways, excluding the buildings, in six dif-. VIEW OF THE TRACK LAYOUT AT FISHERWICK PLACE AND GROSVENOR ROAD
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