I conduct heritage walks in Glenelg for the WEA and the C19th railways
there are a major part of the tour.
South Coast Tramway Company images from SLSA attached.
Graham
On Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 10:50:07 AM UTC+10:30, Mark Skinner wrote:
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> There was a Glenelg and South Coast Tramway Company that operated from
> Marino to Glenelg.
>
> I believe it had a steam motor, but take this with as many shovels of salt
> as you like, since I can't recall any details.
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, 7:44 PM Geoffrey Hansen gnhan...@...
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>> What were the first trams in the Glenelg area? Were there horse trams? A
>> coastal steam tramway? Or were the H class electrics in 1929 the first?
>>
>> Regards
>> Geoffrey
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>> *Subject:* RE: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Tramway Turntables
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>> The Adelaide and Suburban Tramway Company had quite a few turntables on
>> its routes for turning its single-ended horse cars. These are denoted by
>> circles on the late Chris Steele’s track map of Adelaide’s horse tramways
>> (attached). Some depots also had them – see small inset diagrams
>>
>>
>>
>> John Radcliffe
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>> Turntables have a distinguished place in tramway history as pretty-much
>> the first method of turning a tram. Other early methods included pivoting
>> the body on the chassis and swinging it around the other way. It wasn't
>> until the 1860s that horse trams were redesigned by turning the
>> stairs/entrances to the sides so that the horse could be attached to either
>> end. Although Sydney's Bridge St turntable was a pretty late entry, I
>> wonder if it was the first (or only) turntable in Australia to be used in
>> actual passenger operations, as opposed to workshops etc?
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony P
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