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The Upper Douglas Cable Tramway ( Manx: ''Raad Yiarn Caabyl Ghoolish Heose'') was a
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/ref> The service was downgraded to seasonal in 1922. After the line closed, the tracks remained in place until they were lifted in 1932. (in contradiction to this source however road works in the 1980s revealed some of the rails buried well under the modern road surface; in addition, in Waverley Road, on the depot entrance, a set of tramway rails and points remain; however, this may actually be from the time that the depot was used to service the horse trams: they were towed up to the depot using double decker buses). In January 2000, work in connection with the IRIS scheme unearthed the terminal cable pit at Broadway.
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/ref> * 67 Built 1911 by Milnes Voss. Crossbench car. * 68 Built 1909 by Milnes Voss. Crossbench car. * 69 – 70 Built 1907 by United Electric. Crossbench cars. * 71 – 78 Built 1896 by G.F. Milnes & Co. Crossbench cars. No. 77 rebuilt as saloon in 1903. No. 78 rebuilt as saloon in 1904. * 79 – 81 Built 1911 by G. F. Milnes. Saloon cars. After the closure of the line, two of the cars, No. 72 and No. 73 were turned into a bungalow at
The Upper Douglas Cable Tramway ( Manx: ''Raad Yiarn Caabyl Ghoolish Heose'') was a tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
line serving all points between the southern end of the promenade and the upper part of the town of Douglas
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.See Pearson, F. K., "Cable Tram Days", 1977 (Douglas Cable Car Group) (pictorial history of the tramway and the restoration efforts). It opened on 15 August 1896 and closed on 19 August 1929.Cable Car guy/ref>
History
Douglas Corporation, the local authority responsible for the town, persuaded the Isle of Man Tramways & Electric Power Company to build a line serving the hilly area of Upper Douglas in return for an extended franchise to operate thehorse tramway
A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar.
Summary
The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, wh ...
. The line was built to narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
. Douglas Corporation acquired the tramway in 1902 after the collapse of Dumbell's Bank
Dumbell's Bank was a bank in the Isle of Man. The bank's insolvency in 1900, known as Black Saturday and referred to in the Isle of Man as the Dumbell's Bank Crash, resulted in a run on the bank with many individuals losing their life savings an ...
and the section south of the depot in York Road was closed as it was felt that the gradient made it too dangerous to operate.IOM.com/ref> The service was downgraded to seasonal in 1922. After the line closed, the tracks remained in place until they were lifted in 1932. (in contradiction to this source however road works in the 1980s revealed some of the rails buried well under the modern road surface; in addition, in Waverley Road, on the depot entrance, a set of tramway rails and points remain; however, this may actually be from the time that the depot was used to service the horse trams: they were towed up to the depot using double decker buses). In January 2000, work in connection with the IRIS scheme unearthed the terminal cable pit at Broadway.
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Route
Both termini were on Douglas Promenade, at the Clock Tower and Broadway. The line followed a U shaped route serving Victoria Street, Prospect Hill, Buck's Road, Woodbourne Road, York Road, Ballaquayle Road, and Broadway. There was a set of points connecting with the horse tramway at the Clock Tower. A proposed link to the horse tramway at Broadway was not built.Rolling stock
There were fifteen trams on the system./ref> * 67 Built 1911 by Milnes Voss. Crossbench car. * 68 Built 1909 by Milnes Voss. Crossbench car. * 69 – 70 Built 1907 by United Electric. Crossbench cars. * 71 – 78 Built 1896 by G.F. Milnes & Co. Crossbench cars. No. 77 rebuilt as saloon in 1903. No. 78 rebuilt as saloon in 1904. * 79 – 81 Built 1911 by G. F. Milnes. Saloon cars. After the closure of the line, two of the cars, No. 72 and No. 73 were turned into a bungalow at
Jurby
Jurby ( on, djúra-bý – deer settlement - animal park) () is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located in the north-west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) in the sheading of Michael.
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. Both vehicles retained their bogies. They had been built by G. F. Milnes in 1896. In 1968, these two vehicles were rescued by the Douglas Cable Car Group, and a restoration was carried out between then and 1976, using the best of both cars. The tram now bears the number 72 on one end and 73 on the other, it has been converted to work by battery power and is sometimes seen running on the horse tramway.
Tram 72/73 is now based at the Jurby Transport Museum
The Jurby Transport Museum ( gv, Thie Tashtee Arraghey Yurby) is a transport museum in Jurby on the Isle of Man occupying a former aircraft hangar.
The museum is operated by a group of volunteers who are members of the Manx Transport Trust. Entr ...
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Stamp
The Upper Douglas Cable Tramway featured on a 13p stamp issued by theIsle of Man Post
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Office in 1988.
References
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