Manly Tram Depot
| Manly Tramway Depot | |
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|---|---|
| Operation | |
| Locale | Manly Tram System |
| Open | 1903 |
| Close | 1939 |
| Operator(s) | New South Wales Tramways |
| Infrastructure | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Depot(s) | Manly Tram Depot |
The Manly Depot served the isolated Manly lines until closure in 1939. The depot was opened in 1903 as a steam tram shed and was rebuilt in 1911 for electric trams.
Design
The new depot has a steel frame with a saw tooth roof covering five roads with the tramcars having to enter the new shed through the old steam tram sheds, which were timber framed and clad in corrugated iron. Design included: [1]
- 5 tracks
- Curtailed parapet
- East facade altered, north and south elevations reclad
- Roof orientation to south
Operations
The depot served the isolated Manly lines with services to:[2]
- Harbord
- Narrabeen
- The Spit
Demise
Steam tram sheds have been demolished with electric tram sheds becoming a bus depot and subsequently adapted for commercial use being a Car dealership and later retail markets.
Gallery
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Manly Tramway Depot c.1920
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Depot c.1941
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Depot c.1941
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Depot c.1959
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Manly Tramway Depot
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Pittwater Road c.1940
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Depot becomes Mitsubishi Motors Dealer
References
- ↑ "Comparative Analysis". City of Sydney.
- ↑ MacCowan, Ian. The Tramways of New South Wales.
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