Friday, May 1, 2015

tram and car in High Street, Colchester, England, circa 1920


This looks east from the intersection with North Hill/Head St.  Colchester trams operated on a 5.74 mile (9.24 km) system in cape gauge from 1904 to 1929. The fleet consisted of 18 open top double-deck tram cars built by the Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage Works of Preston on Brill 21E trucks.

What is that automobile on the right?
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 01, 2015 1:26 PM

    Going by the look of the cars this picture was taken pre-WW1. Not yet sure about the car but it might be a BSA from around 1910.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_cars

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  2. AnonymousMay 08, 2015 5:55 AM

    I have forwarded this picture to others more expert than me on British cars of this era and no one is 100% certain but it seems that BSA of 1909-1910, maybe a 15/20 hp model, is about as close as we can get.

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