The Gateshead and District Tramways operated a tramway service in Gateshead between 1883 and 1951.
Car 10 preserved at the Beamish Museum
Tramcar 5 at the National Tramway Museum
Ex Gateshead and District Tramways cars on the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway
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British Electric Traction Company Limited, renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Rentokil in 1996, a
Gateshead and District Tramways Company
…District Tramways commenced services on 22 October 1883 with steam-hauled tramcars operating on three routes centred on Gateshead High Street. In 1897, British Electric Traction took ownership of the company and the Gateshead and District Tramways Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. ccxlviii) authorised the modernisation and electrification…
BET wagon used in the installation of overhead tram wires, at Sedgley, c. 1901
Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways Company preserved tramcar at the Black Country Museum
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