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The first horse-drawn tram in Leith
Unknown, 1984, Press cutting
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The first horse-drawn tram in Leith
The first horse-drawn tram in Leith
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38130
Title
The first horse-drawn tram in Leith
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Unknown
Date
1984
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10.1 x 14.2 cm
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Press cutting
Horse-drawn trams replaced coaches in 1871. The driver of the first horse-drawn tram in Leith was John Brown of Iona Street, an uncle of Mrs Betty Mellis (nee Cockburn), a member of the South Leith Parish Church congregation.
After electrification of the Leith trams in 1905, until the cable-car system used in Edinburgh was converted to electric, after the amalgamation of Leith with Edinburgh in 1920, anyone travelling between Leith and Edinburgh had to change trams at Pilrig.
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Leith Miscellany Vol X
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