Corporate Body
Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company (1877 - 1916)
- From
- 1877
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1916
- Functions
- Transport
Summary
The Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company was registered in 1877, the successor to the Melbourne Omnibus Company established in 1869 by Francis Clapp, William McCulloch and Henry Hoyt. Its business was to operate inner city horse-drawn omnibus services. In 1883 the Company was contracted by the Melbourne Tramway Trust, the authorising and construction authority, to operate the cable tram network under license to 1916. Under the lease the Company was responsible for the rolling stock and ancillary facilities, and maintenance. On the expiry of the lease the Company ceased to function as a passenger carrier.
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Cranston, Jack, The Melbourne cable trams 1885-1940 (Melbourne, Vic.: Craftsman Publishing, 1988), 132 pp. Details
- Keating, J. D., Mind the Curve! A History of the Cable Trams (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1970), 155 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Hone, J. Ann, 'Clapp, Francis Boardman (1833-1920), businessman' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 397-398. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030376b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Pierce, Miles, 'Melbourne's cable trams - a major nineteenth century engineering achievement', International journal of the history of engineering and technology, 89 (1/2) (2020), 188-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2019.16. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 13 September 2022