Tram bracket on Foregate Street, Chester,
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Tram bracket on Foregate Street, Chester,
Image: © Meirion Taken: 8 Sep 2019
The text on the small plaque under the bracket reads: This bracket is one of a pair originally fixed much higher on this building, used to support the electric cables for the trams when they were electrified in 1903. Since 1879 they had been horsedrawn. The last tram ran from Saltney 15th. February 1930.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.191171
Longitude
-2.887248