Exeter, Devon - Exe Bridge - real photo postcard c.1920s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Exe Bridge, Exeter, Devon - real photo
• Publisher:  none given c.1920s
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Early twentieth century

On 29 March 1905 a new bridge across the Exe was opened replacing the former Georgian bridge. Made of cast-iron and steel with a three hinged arch design, it cost £25,000 and was designed by Sir John Wolfe Barry.^[29] Also in 1905 electric trams replaced the horse trams^[33] with a new route which passed along the High Street, down Fore Street and over the new Exe Bridge. Once over the Exe the line divided, with one route along Alphington Road and another along Cowick Street. The line to St David's Station travelled along Queen Street instead of along New North Road and the line to Heavitree was extended.^[34] On 17 March 1917, a tram went out of control going down Fore Street, hit a horse-drawn wagon, then overturned on Exe Bridge and one female passenger was killed.^[35] By the 1920s, there were problems with congestion caused by the trams, a need for expensive track renewal work and the slow speed of the trams in Exeter's narrow streets. After much discussion the council decided to replace the tram service with double-decker buses and the last tram ran on 19 August 1931. The only remaining Exeter tram in service is car 19, now at the Seaton Tramway.^[36]

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=devon

number of items=single

period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

postage condition=unposted