Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,349 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

West Metropolitan Tramways

From Graces Guide

1876 Tramway Acts implemented

1882 Company dissolved and reincorporated[1]

1883 A battery-powered tram was tested by the company between Acton and Kew[2]

1888 Court case decided the company should raise its tracks to the level of the highway.

1895 London United Tramways Co Ltd had acquired the West Metropolitan Tramways Co and proposed to electrify the tramway in the Uxbridge Road[3]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Nov 06, 1888
  2. [1] Wikipedia
  3. The Times Jan 30, 1895