tramdepots

The Brisbane tramway network served the city of Brisbane, Australia, between 1885 and 1969. It ran on a standard gauge track. The electric system was originally energised to 500 volts and subsequently increased to 600 volts. All tramcars built in Brisbane up to 1938 had an open design. This proved so popular, especially on hot summer nights, that the trams were used as fundraisers and often chartered right up until the last service by social groups.[1] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Brisbane

Stepless Car Stepless car No. 301 Known as "big Lizzie", also sometimes referred to as a "New York type tram", tram 301 was intended to be the first of a fleet of inter-urban trams. It was built by JG Brill Company in 1912 and imported in 1914. It was unusual for a Brill stepless car in that it was partially made of timber, rather than the normal all-metal construction. It was the first fully enclosed tram in Brisbane. Heavy and troubled by poor road clearance, it usually only saw service on the West End – Ascot line and was withdrawn from service in 1935. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Brisbane

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 They were all withdrawn from service by 1930.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 Soden’s horse-drawn buses out-of-date by the turn of the century.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/

Mike Kelly Mike, thanks for adding this, it sort of completes the "circle". In tramway and railway circles (at this stage the tramways were administered by the Railways Department) it was called 'The Bridge Street Yard'.

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons I've never seen a view of the Bridge Street yard from this angle. Thanks for posting this - it will arouse great interest among Flickr's tramway enthusiasts!

It is an unusual photo to find in a personal album - perhaps the photographer was a tram enthusiast too! Probably about 1897, before electric trams. Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons NB - NOT Bennelong / Fort Macquarie (see tags). Location NE corner of Bridge and Phillip Streets, where the Intercontinental Hotel now is. See this 1895 interactive map - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=...

Mike Kelly John Cowper beachcomber australia Thanks for your comments & info folks, our records have been updated. This is certainly proving an interesting album, we're glad it is being enjoyed :)