New Plymouth Devon Street .......Re : message 4020 of Don Gault
graeme bennett
Friday, October 11, 2002 10:53 PM
I knew I had a picture in the goodiebox
somewhere.
Compare this view taken from the old post office
clock tower corner Robe Street and Devon Street with the trolley bus picture
posted by Don from the exact same spot.
The viewer is looking East.
In the foreground a Birney car heading for Westown
has just come off the double track and is grinding up the grade to the Post
Ofice.
The bogie car on the Port (Breakwater) - Fitzroy
line is turning into Devon Street from Egmont Street heading for
Fitzroy.
I would have to guess the era as being early 30's,
based on the livery of the Birney which has no cream panel on the
front.
Also the bogie car still has destination boxes on
the roof which indicates it had not been converted to one man
configuration.
The Birney would have started its trip from Elliot
St or Liardet Street which is almost at the top of the picture.
When the trolley buses started in 27th october 1950
the Westown tram line was removed.
However the small section exacly where the Birney
is in the picture remained as a small shunt till the end of trams in
1954.
The trams and trolley buses shared this part of
Devon Street.
WGB
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