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Brisbane trams commenced operation in August 1885 by the Metropolitan Investment Company with horse-drawn cars on a fixed track. A decade later a new company formed, the Electric Tramways Company Limited, and they took over the electric parts of the tramways, including the line from Logan Road to the southern end of Victoria Bridge which began in 1887. On 21 June 1887 electric cars commenced and within a year the horse-drawn system became redundant. The narrow streets in Brisbane, especially in the inner city, meant limiting the body width of vehicles. As in many other Australian cities, municipal authorities were attracted to the idea of owning and running tramways, not least as the trams could be powered by government-owned electricity stations, powered by coal. In January 1923 the Brisbane Tramways Trust acquired the private company and by December 1925 the tramways were under the control of the Brisbane City Council, which constructed a large electricity powerhouse at New Farm. The track expanded until 1962 providing a maximum route length of 106 kilometers. Source: www.qhatlas.com.au/where-did-trams-go

From www.ellisisland.org/shipping/Formatship.asp?shipid=1833 " Built by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia, 1907. 6576 gross tons; 401 (bp) feet long; 54 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots. Built for New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company, American flag, in 1907 and named Brazos. San Juan, Puerto Rico to New York service. C.H. Mallory SS Co"

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Mutinity on the Brazos, a New York and Porto Rico liner, on April 15, 1916 (date on sticker: 4/17/16), see The sun., April 16, 1916, Image 1, col. 4. The strikers won (according to The sun., April 17, 1916, Page 5, col. 1).

Saloon cars Each tram in this class was constructed by joining two single deck saloon horse trams together on a single motorized chassis. Their long, enclosed bodies gave rise to their nickname of "coffin cars". They were built in 1897 when delivery of new electric trams was delayed. 6 cars in this class. They were all withdrawn from service by 1930. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Brisbane

Horse trams began servicing Brisbane in 1885 running from the city to Woolloongabba, yet electric trams in Ipswich Rd made Mr. Soden’s horse-drawn buses out-of-date by the turn of the century. Electric trams began in Brisbane in 1897 and reached Cornwall street that year. The extension from Cornwall to Dudley Street (then Mary Street) along Ipswich Road in 1899 changed the predominantly rural landscape into residential living. The line was extended to Chardon’s Corner in 1914. Source: www.everywherehistory.com/history-annerley-part-2/