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      Wellington Prospect: Survey of a City, 1840 - 1970

      Wellington Prospect: Survey of a City, 1840 - 1970
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      [...]ther hard to believe that Wellington is at last a tram-free city, a
      distinction it has not had since the[...]64. Only a few hours before, New Zealand’s last tram had
      run its course through the strects of Welling[...]their fame.

      Although it is thought no Wellington tram ever carried a person
      to his final resting[...]
      [...]on 24 August 1878, when at 2.30 p.m. three
      steam tram engines each hauling a trailer left the city term[...]ing
      them from the United Kingdom and America. The tram engines were
      built by Merryweather and Sons of Lo[...]g the second city after Nelson (one, single horse tram)
      to have trams as a means of public transp[...]
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      Proudly we stand before our city’s horse tram!

      themselves running into other vehicles at stree[...]re Wellingtonians could adjust to the fact that a tram ran on
      rails and therefore could not be pu[...]
      [...]a stable,
      later enlarged to hold 120 horses. Each tram was hauled by three of
      these animals. Additions t[...]the following year on 30 June, the first electric tram
      service began between Newtown Depot (now d[...]
      [...]gnals to prevent opposing
      traffic entering when a tram was in the tunnel, necessary because of
      blind spo[...]y Wellington trams to be fully upholstered. Other tram types that
      have operated in Wellington inc[...]
      [...]n 1959) as a new
      runway was built over the actual tram route.

      In 1960 only the Lyall Bay, Hataitai, Isl[...]tice’,

      Wellington’s and New Zealand’s last tram~-2 May 1964.