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Manly Tram Depot was part of the Sydney tram network.
Manly Depot served the isolated Manly lines. It opened in 1903, being rebuilt in 1911 for electric trams. It closed as a tram depot, along with the network on 30 September 1939. The shed continued to be used as a bus depot, and in 1947 the remaining steam tram sheds were demolished, while the electric tram sheds were modified for use as a bus depot and subsequently adapted for commercial use being a car dealership and later retail markets.
Image:Manly Tramway Depot c.1920.jpg, Depot c.1920
Image:Pittwater Road bus depot 1941.jpg, Depot c.1941
Image:Bus depot Pittwater Road 1941.jpg, Depot c.1941
Image:Manly Bus Depot, corner Balgowlah and Pittwater Roads, c.1959-6.jpg, Depot c.1959
Image:Manly bus depot, corner of Pittwater and Balgowlah Roads.jpg, Manly Tramway Depot
Image:Pittwater Road, bus depot 1940.jpg, Pittwater Road c.1940
Image:Kinsella Nicholson Mitsubishi Motors.jpg, Depot becomes Mitsubishi Motors Dealer
History
Manly Depot served the isolated Manly lines. It opened in 1903, being rebuilt in 1911 for electric trams. It closed as a tram depot, along with the network on 30 September 1939. The shed continued to be used as a bus depot, and in 1947 the remaining steam tram sheds were demolished, while the electric tram sheds were modified for use as a bus depot and subsequently adapted for commercial use being a car dealership and later retail markets.
Design
The depot had a steel frame with a saw tooth roof covering five roads with the tramcars having to enter the new shed through the old steam tram sheds, which were timber framed and clad in corrugated iron. Design included: *5 tracks *Curtailed parapet *East facade altered, north and south elevations reclad *Roof orientation to south *Traffic Office building at the East end of the propertyOperations
The depot served the isolated Manly lines with services to Harbord,Narrabeen
Narrabeen is a beachside suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Narrabeen is 23 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council and is ...
and The Spit.
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References
{{SydneyTramNavbox, state=collapsed Demolished buildings and structures in Sydney Industrial buildings in Sydney Manly, New South Wales Tram depots in Sydney Transport infrastructure completed in 1903