Old travel Blog photograph of a horse drawn Tram in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first trams in Edinburgh were horse drawn and operated by the Edinburgh Street Tramways Company. This replaced an earlier horse drawn coach system. The inaugural service, Haymarket to Bernard Street, ran on 6 November 1871. The tracks were laid by Sir James Gowans with John Macrae as engineer. These lines complemented and partly replaced the pre existing horse drawn carriage from Edinburgh to Leith, the only essential difference being the addition of guide rails. Leith Corporation took over the still horse drawn Leith tramlines in 1904 and introduced electric traction in 1905.
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