TRAM DERAILMENT AT CRAWLEY BAY
1930B/W prints.(a) Two trams, the one on the left on the rails, the one on the right has been derailed and is in the sand, with another set of rails in the foreground. Three men standing next to it and some the other side. The river is in the background. (b) Tram on the rails has advertising on the roof [METROPOLITAN DENTAL COMPANY]. The derailed tram number 25 is between the lines with workmen and equipment in the foreground. c). Is transparency of a).
Electric Tramway service was inaugurated in 1899 as a private company. In 1912, it was purchased by the WA Government. The 1st tram operated in Claremont on 19th May 1924. Service operated from railway station to Westana Rd (now Waratah Ave), with a turn around near Bishop's Place. Mr Gale and Mr Mutton were tram drivers for many years there. Trams ceased when trolley buses arrived in 1938.
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