Tram - Sheffield Corporation tramcar 1973 museum

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Sheffield Corporation Tramcar No. 189 operating at the Tramway Museum at Crich near Matlock in Derbyshire.
• Publisher:  Tramway Museum Society / Cotman-Color series Jarrold, Norwich
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2½p magenta SGX851 centre band
• Postmark(s):  Stafford 1973 'Remember to Use the Postcode'
• Sent to:  Ravel Court, Spinay Estate, Jarrow on Tyne
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Sheffield Tramway was an extensive tramway network serving the English city of Sheffield and its suburbs.

The first tramway line, horse-drawn, opened in 1873 between Lady's Bridge and Attercliffe, subsequently extended to Brightside and Tinsley. Routes were built to Heeley, where a tram depot was built, Nether Edge and Hillsborough.

In 1899, the first electric tram ran between Nether Edge and Tinsley. By 1902 all the routes were electrified. By 1910 the network covered 39 miles, by 1951 48 miles.

The last trams ran between Leopold Street and Beauchief on 8 October 1960—three Sheffield trams were subsequently preserved at the National Tramway Museum in Crich.

Sheffield Corporation (Sheffield City Council) took over the tramway system in July 1896. The Corporation's goal was to expand and mechanise the system. Almost immediately a committee was formed to inspect other tramway systems to look at the improved systems of traction. Upon their return the committee recommended the adoption of electrical propulsion using the overhead current collection system.

The National Grid was not as developed as it is now and so the Corporation set out to generate the required current - the Corporation became the local domestic and industrial electricity supplier. A power station was built for Sheffield Corporation Tramways on Kelham Island by the river Don between Mowbray Street and Alma Street.^[1] Feeder cables stretched from there to the extremeties of the system, covering over 40 miles of route.