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CROYDON TRAMWAYS INCLUDING THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS & LIGHTING COMPANY

Written by Robert J. Harley
Published by Capital Transport in 2004
ISBN: 185414278X

CROYDON TRAMWAYS INCLUDING THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS & LIGHTING COMPANY
Written by Robert J. Harley.
Stock no. 1824834
1st. 2004. Hardback. Large format. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of Trams in the Croydon Area from 1879 to 1951. Large format. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 185414278X. Boards a little grubby at edges. Damp to lower gutter causing pages to stick together, some surface paper damage resulting (minor). Yellow pictorial dustwrapper faint dampstain along bottom edge.

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Cover of CROYDON TRAMWAYS INCLUDING THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS & LIGHTING COMPANY by Robert J. Harley

Contents

  • Introduction and Acknowledgements
  • 1 Dawn of the Tramway Era
  • 2 Civic Pride or Private Profit?
  • 3 New Lines
  • 4 Parting of the Ways
  • 5 Pastures New
  • 6 Rolling Stock
  • 7 Consolidation
  • 8 A Trip Back in Time
  • 9 Shoulders to the Wheel
  • 10 Look! No Rails!
  • 11 Through Running
  • 12 Trials and Tribulations
  • 13 Life on the Trams
  • 14 London Transport
  • 15 Trolleybuses and Felthams
  • 16 Croydon in the Front Line
  • 17 End of the Road
  • 18 A Long Wait