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Heaton Park Tramway
The Heaton Park Tramway is a heritage tramway that operates within Heaton Park, a large municipal park in the England, English city of Manchester. It is operated by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, a registered charity. In normal times, the tramway operates on Sunday afternoons between March and mid-November and on Saturday afternoons between May and mid-September. Operation may be suspended whilst major events are being held in the park, and was temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic although the tramway has now reopened. History Heaton Park was originally the private landscape park surrounding Heaton Hall, but was sold to Manchester City Council in 1902 for use as a municipal park. Shortly after the park was bought by the council, a branch of Manchester Corporation Tramways was built into the park from the existing tramway on Middleton Road. A large Tram stop, waiting shelter was constructed at the end of this branch, and the first tram arrived on 31 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Tram Number 765
Manchester Corporation Tramways 765 is the only remaining electric tramcar from Manchester Corporation Tramways in regular operation. It is at Heaton Park, Manchester, UK. History No. 765 was built in 1914 and was one of a series of bogie cars, with a central saloon and open smoking compartments at the ends, built for routes such as the No. 53 route with low bridges. This design, whilst unusual in the UK, was commonly used on streetcar lines in California, and the design is often known as a California or combination car. The '53' route ran from Brooks's Bar to Cheetham Hill Road, via Belle Vue, forming an angular shape; two low bridges at Pottery Lane and Stanley Grove made running double-deckers impossible. The first batch of these trams made their appearance in Manchester in 1903 and over 60 were in the fleet.Yearsley, Ian (1962) ''The Manchester Tram''. Huddersfield: Advertiser Press; pp. 63-65 The first batch of these trams made their appearance in Manchester in 1903. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brill 21E
Brill may refer to: Places * Brielle (sometimes "Den Briel"), a town in the western Netherlands * Brill, Buckinghamshire, a village in England * Brill, Cornwall, a small village to the west of Constantine, Cornwall, UK * Brill, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, US * Brill, Wuppertal, a quarter and town district, Germany Literature * Brill brothers (Mervall and Descant), fictional characters from the Artemis Fowl book series * Brill (''Elfquest''), a fictional character in the comic Elfquest * Brill Publishers, a Dutch international academic publisher Scientific concepts * Brill tagger, an algorithm in artificial intelligence to detect grammatical structures * Brill–Noether theory, a theory of algebraic geometry * Brill–Zinsser disease, a type of epidemic typhus which recurs in someone after a long period of dormancy Company * Brill Publishers, a Dutch international academic publisher * Brill Tramway, a former branch line of the Metropolitan Railway from Quainto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldham Corporation Tramways
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 237,110 in 2019. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, and with little early history to speak of, Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and among the first ever industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England." At its zenith, it was the most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world,. producing more cotton than France and Germany combined. Oldham's textile industry fell into decline in the mid-20th century; the town's last mill closed in 1998. The demise of textile processing in Oldham depressed and heavil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways
Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways operated a passenger tramway service in Rawtenstall between 1908 and 1932.The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis. History In January 1908 the newly formed Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways acquired the part of the Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company’s line within its boundary, and on 1 October 1908, they took over the Rossendale Valley Tramways Company. An electrification and modernisation programme was undertaken, and until this was ready on 22 July 1909, steam trams continued to run. This was the last regular steam tramway on street in Britain. The first electric services started on 15 May 1909, to Crawshawbooth and to Loveclough. On 23 July 1909, the Bacup to Lockgate section was converted. Lastly, an extension to Water, from the Bacup line at Waterfoot opened on 21 January 1911. For maximum electrical efficiency RCT used the regenerative brake system of Raworth’s Traction Patents Ltd., but following a ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool And Fleetwood Tramroad
The Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad operated a tramway service between Blackpool and Fleetwood from 1898 to 1920. History Construction of the tramway began in 1897. Within Blackpool, the tracks were constructed by the corporation. Services started on 14 July 1898. Tram depots There were three depots: *Copse Road Depot in Fleetwood was built in 1897 with six tracks and a capacity of 18 trams. It was used as a store and service depot. After passing to Blackpool Corporation Tramways in 1920, it was used to dismantle trams. Between 1925 and 1949 a line connected the depot with the railway and was used to shunt wagons. After Blackpool Corporation sold the depot, it was used as a car showroom. The substation still fed the Fleetwood line section of the Blackpool Tramway during this time. The depot was demolished in 2016 after a scheme to convert the building into a tram museum failed, due to the poor condition of the building. *Bispham Depot in Blackpool was built in 1898 and exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Heaton may refer to: People * Heaton (surname) * Sir Heaton Rhodes (1861–1956), New Zealand politician and lawyer * HeatoN, pseudonym of Emil Christensen (born 1984), Swedish ''Counter-Strike'' player Places Great Britain * Heaton, Greater Manchester, district in the west of Bolton, England * Heaton, Lancaster, in Heaton-with-Oxcliffe, near Lancaster, England * Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, area in the east-end of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England * Heaton, West Yorkshire, a village and a ward in Bradford, England * The Four Heatons, four suburbs of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England ** Heaton Chapel ** Heaton Moor ** Heaton Mersey ** Heaton Norris * Heaton, Staffordshire * Heaton Castle (anciently Heton), in the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, seat of the Grey family * Heaton Park, large park in Manchester, England United States * Heaton, Arizona * Heaton, North Carolina * Heaton, North Dakota See also * * Heatons Heatons is an Irish departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doncaster
Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 308,100, while its built-up area had a population of 158,141 at the 2011 census. Sheffield lies south-west, Leeds north-west, York to the north, Hull north-east, and Lincoln south-east. Doncaster's suburbs include Armthorpe, Bessacarr and Sprotbrough. The towns of Bawtry, Mexborough, Conisbrough, Hatfield and Stainforth, among others, are only a short distance away within the metropolitan borough. The towns of Epworth and Haxey are a short distance to the east in Lincolnshire, and directly south is the town of Harworth Bircotes in Nottinghamshire. Also, within the city's vicinity are Barnsley, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
