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Launceston Tramway Museum

Launceston Tramway Museum - Tasmanian
Today this museum is restoring some of the historical trams that once were a common site on the streets of Launceston.
By 1911 the tram fleet consisted of ten cars fitted with motors. The length of the lines were 11.3Km and they ran from Sandhill to Invermay via Wellington, Elizabeth, Charles, Brisbane, Cameron and Tamar Streets and Kings Bridge to Newstead via Paterson, Charles and Brisbane Streets. In 1913 the route was extended to Trevallyn.
The trams were run on a single overhead trolley rod. The current, after being transformed from 5000 volts to 550 volts along the overhead copper wire, then down the trolley rod through the motors in the cars to the rails, along which it travelled back to the substation. The original depot was at Inveresk, but after the floods of 1929 it was moved to Howick Street.
Trams were superseded by more flexible buses at the end of 1952.

Bonus footage, 20 minutes of Melbourne Tram Museum.

Total Running Time 60 minutes.
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