Old Photograph Beechgrove Terrace Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram on Beechgrove Terrace in Aberdeen, Scotland. The city's tram system was the most northerly municipal tramway in the United Kingdom. The system was electrified, with trams using the standard trolley poles until 1935 when bow collectors were fitted to take power from the overhead wires. In the late 1930s the city purchased 18 trams from Nottingham Corporation Tramways in England, which closed in 1936. Further second hand trams were later obtained from Manchester. The last new trams for the city were built by R Y Pickering of Wishaw in 1949. The city's last tram operated on 3 May 1958, being replaced by diesel buses.



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