Tram Running Under the Culvert, Burnley

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iBase ID

240980

Reference identifier

EBU20140129001

Title

Tram Running Under the Culvert, Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

In 1926 a decision was made to extend the tram system from the Wellington, by Turf Moor, up Stroyan Street. One of the main reasons for its construction was that it would enable people from all over the local area to get to football matches with relative ease. However, only eight years later Burnley Corporation scrapped its tram system and invested heavily in buses.

This particular photograph shows the construction of a connecting curve on to Gunsmith Lane, which allowed trams coming from Nelson and Harle Syke to progress under the culvert, towards the football ground.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

28.6 x 21.5

Year of image

1926

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Locator

N126: Tram

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