Dover Street, Cambridge
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Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 27 Aug 2018
This former tram depot is a stone's throw from Anglia Ruskin University on East Street. The Cambridge Street Tramways Company commenced operations on 28 October 1880 on two routes: East Road to Market Hill via Lensfield Road and Trumpington Street and from the Post Office (then located next to St Andrew the Great's Church in Sidney Street) to the Railway Station via Hills Road and Regent Street. The routes crossed at “Hyde Park Corner” next to the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs. However, in 1907 a Mr J. B. Walford launched the Ortona Bus Company and as a result, because of the competition, these tramway services ceased operating on 18 February 1914. The building saw service more recently as a warehouse for "Peak's The Furnishers" but is now - very obviously - a pub. A solitary tram used on this 4ft gauge system still survives and is currently owned by the Ipswich Transport Museum.
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