The Bath Electric Tramways Company began operations in 1904, taking over from an earlier horse drawn narrow gauge system. The initial fleet of trams were double deckers built by G.F. Milnes. These had Milnes four wheel trucks and British Westinghouse electrical equipment. The open topped trams had seating for fifty five passengers. They were later augmented by a smaller number of single decker trams.
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| Number 3 and a friend [1] |
| Information for double deckers |
| Number built: |
18 |
| Built: |
1903-04 |
| Builder: |
G.F. Milnes |
| Motor: |
2 Westinghouse 49-B electric motors (500v DC OHLE) |
| Power: |
60 hp (45 kW) |
The company was taken over by the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company in 1936, who began the process of replacing the trams with motor buses. The final trams ran in Bath in 1939. No electric trams have survived though one of the original horse drawn trams is preserved.
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| Walcot Street depot, a building which still exists |
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| Number 22 |
[1] "The tramway system of Bath, England", Street Railway Journal Vol. XXIV No. 10 (March 5 1904) p. 371
