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Bath Electric Tramways Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Bath Tramways Co Ltd
  • Patent Cable Tramways Corp
  • Dick, Kerr & Co Ltd
  • Bath Road Car & Tramways Co Ltd
  • British Electric Traction Co Ltd
  • Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, Avon, South West, England

Sectors:

  • Transport services Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn

Notes:

Established 1880 as Bath Tramways Co Ltd operating horse trams. Subsequently owned, inter alia, by Patent Cable Tramways Corp, Dick, Kerr & Co and in 1889 by Bath Road Car & Tramways Co Ltd. 1902 acquired by Bath Corporation and electrified by British Electric Traction Co Ltd when known as Bath Electric Tramways Ltd. 1930s acquired by Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd when converted to motor buses

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