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RB Dow Public transport advocate Ex soldier RAAMC PTE CPL SGT SSGT LT CAPT (Ret'd) Retired Medical Scientist FAIMS

Apr 12, 2020, 11 tweets

Brisbane Trams last - day of operation 13th April 1969.
A few historical photographs.
Electric trams travelling along Queen Street from the Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 1939
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Trams lined up in Queen Street, Brisbane, ca. 1965
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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Trams on Vulture Street, South Brisbane, ca. 1901
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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Trams on a busy Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1898
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Peace celebrations, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1945
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Traffic congestion at the corner of Ann, Wickham and Boundary Streets, Fortitude Valley, 1951
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Street scene in Brisbane, 1939
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Opening of the Enoggera Tramway, August 1949 - Huge crowds welcomed the first tram to Enoggera in August 1949 when the one and a quarter mile extension from Alderley was opened.
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Clarence Corner, Stanley Street, South Brisbane, ca. 1906
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Remembering the Brisbane Tramways - Something in the Air - Video
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