Corporate Body

Hobart Electric Tramways Company (c. 1884 - )

From
c. 1884
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Functions
Transport
Website
http://www.hcc.tas.gov.au/tramway/history.htm
Location
Hobart, Tasmania

Summary

The Hobart Electric Tramways Company was formed by London entrepreneurs in the 1880s to establish tramways in Hobart. failed to gain a contract for the work from the Tasmanian government which was instead awarded to the London firm of Siemens Bros. in 1892. During the early 1900s the Hobart Electric Tramway Company operated two Milnes-Daimler petrol engine double decker buses.

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