Bradford trolleybus 789 passing Dove Street, Saltaire ? 1971
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The photograph on this page of Bradford trolleybus 789 passing Dove Street, Saltaire ? 1971 by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Bradford trolleybus 789 passing Dove Street, Saltaire ? 1971
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 30 Jun 1971
In the background on Dove Street is a row of the cottages built for workers at the adjacent Salt's Mill, now a World Heritage Centre site. The special trolleybus overhead wiring at this location was an emergency terminal point for use if the roundabout at the junction of Bingley Road and Saltaire Road was blocked by traffic; trolleybuses could reverse off Saltaire Road into Dove Street. Trolleybus 789 is one of 9 Karrier W vehicles of 1944 purchased from Darlington Corporation when its trolleybus system was closed. Bradford replaced the original single deck bodies with new double deck bodies before they entered service in 1959. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2114547&displayclass=slide
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