Horse Tram Walkaround Gallery

Horse Tram No. 1 Ballarat Tram Museum

Tucked away in the back corner of the Ballarat Tramways Museum is this horse-drawn tram, No. 1. From the Museum's website:"Built in 1887 by Duncan and Fraser for the Ballaarat Tramway Company Ltd. as a double-decker horse tramcar. One of eight cars which ran as trailers behind electric trams at times of heavy patronage, after takeover and conversion of the horse lines by the Electric Supply Company of Victoria Ltd. in 1905. Withdrawn in the late 1920's when the bodyshell became a residential outbuilding locally, until retrieved in 1985. Fully reconstructed to its original form and placed on a modified Melbourne saloon cable car truck."

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Graeme Molineux