A001113
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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English
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Corporate Body
created
2001-07-05
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2025-11-05
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001113b.htm
corporateBody
Hobart Electric Tramways Company
AACR2
c. 1884
Start Place
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Location
Hobart, Tasmania
Transport
The Hobart Electric Tramways Company was formed by London entrepreneurs in the 1880s to establish tramways in Hobart. failed to gain a contract for the work from the Tasmanian government which was instead awarded to the London firm of Siemens Bros. in 1892. During the early 1900s the Hobart Electric Tramway Company operated two Milnes-Daimler petrol engine double decker buses.
Trove
'Hobart Electric Tramways Company', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Hobart Electric Tramways Company
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Online
Melbourne
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
2000