P007087 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2022-09-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007087b.htm corporateBody Melbourne Tramways Trust AACR2 1883 1916 Start Place Melbourne elbourne, Victoria, Australia Transport The Melbourne Tramways Trust was established under the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Act of 1883 as the enabling authority for the construction and operation of Melbourne's cable tram network. It was also intended to represent the interests of the municipalities through which the tram lines were to be constructed. These were Melbourne (seven members on the Trust), Prahran, Richmond, Fitzroy, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Hotham, St Kilda, Brunswick, Port Melbourne, Hawthorn and Kew (one member each). The Trust appointed George Duncan as Engineer to undertake the design and construction. At completion in 1891 the network was the largest in the world operated by a single company. Under the provisions of the Act the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company was authorised to operate the network under license until 30 June 1916, while the tramways were the property of the various municipalities. On the expiry of the lease, ownership reverted to the Trust. The interim Tramway Board was established to assume responsibility for the assets and liabilities of the Trust on its dissolution in March 1916. The last cable tramroute closed in 1940. Duncan, George Smith (1852 - 1930)

Engineer 1884 - 1892

 Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company (1877 - 1916)

The Trust contracted the Company to operate Melbourne's tramway network

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