This
car operated on the Old Swan-Pier Head route. Much of the body style
appears to be from the 1890s although some parts apparently date back
to 1879/80, probably constructed at Tramway Road in Aigburth, and
Lambeth Road.
Withdrawn
in 1900, car 43 then languished for more than 70 years as a
summerhouse/potting shed in the garden of a large house in Cressington
Park, South Liverpool, before being "discovered". Acquired by the MTPS
and moved to Green Lane depot, 43 was restored, the period
advertisements paying toward the cost of materials. This car has been
on loan to the National Tramway Museum but is now back at Taylor Street. |