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The first horse trams came from John Stephenson and Co, New York, but in later years they were built in Adelaide by Duncan & Fraser and by the Adelaide and Suburban Tramway Company. The Parkside Company differed in having four fully imported Belgian trams – two open and two closed. Stephenson cars included “builder’s plates” in ceiling windows.
Trams outside the Stephenson factory.
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Adelaide and Suburban Tram Car 51 prior to shipping 1878.
Adelaide and Suburban double deck car 66 outside Stephenson’s works, New York, 1878.
Adelaide, Unley and Mitcham Tramway Company car after completion, 1879.
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Adelaide and Suburban Tramway Company –
10ft fare box car. Some other companies without fare box.
Most Companies – 12ft double deck, double-ended car.
Adelaide and Suburban Tramway Company – 10ft single
deck car with added cross-seat top deck.
Hyde Park, Mitcham, Parkside, Brighton – 13 ft double
deck, cross-seat, double ended car.
Most Companies – 16ft double deck, double-ended,
three-horse car.
Parkside Tramway Company – Belgian Open Car –
“The Skeleton”
Parkside Tramway Company – Belgian closed car.
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