Skip to content
Home
Favourites
0
Advanced search
Shopping cart
0
Register
Log in
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
Decorated tram commemorating the last week of the trams
Unknown, 1956, Photograph
Decorated tram commemorating the last week of the trams
Decorated tram commemorating the last week of the trams
Add to favourites
Share
Item record
About this image
Related
Location
Category
Library Item
Item no
21239
Title
Decorated tram commemorating the last week of the electric trams in Edinburgh
Description
An illuminated tram is parked at the west end of Princes Street and pictured against the outline of Edinburgh Castle. The tram is decorated and written along its side is, 'The Last Week, 1871 - 1956'.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1956
Size
16.2 x 21.4 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The last trams ran on 16th November 1956, with a procession making the final journey south to the depot at Shrubhill. They carried local dignitaries and members of the public, many of whom were tram enthusiasts. Presentations were made at the Mound by the Lord Provost to the last crews. Local people lined the routes to see the passing of the last trams and there was a large number of police present at the Shrubhill Depot to maintain order. As the final tramcar passed through, the gates were closed after them, thus ending the era of Edinburgh's trams.
Discover the history of Edinburgh's trams in
Our Town Stories
.
Exhibitions with this item
Whose Town? Edinburgh in the 1950s
Whose Town? Hugh Cairns
Edinburgh through the decades
Other views of this item
Related images
Related subjects
Furnishings
>
Ornamentation
>
Light fixtures
Homes
>
Residential buildings
>
Castles and palaces
Places
>
Edinburgh areas
>
Princes Street
Places
>
Scotland
>
Edinburgh
Transport
>
Land
>
Trams
More like this