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Collapse CP519 - Photographs from R White & Son, WidnesCP519 - Photographs from R White & Son, Widnes
1 - View of excavation for laying tram track on the Great Orme, by Half-way Station on the lower section
2 - Laying the track on Ty Gwyn Road, looking uphill. Shows the roof of Pumping Station, now demolished
3 - Laying the track on Ty Gwyn Road, looking towards Old Road
4 - Track laying at the top of Ty Gwyn Road where the track bends sharply to the right in to Belle Vue Terrace, known as Bay View bend. Horse and cart standing on the left
5 - Top of Ty Gwyn Road as above showing terrace of houses on the Bay View bend, with group of men walking down the hill
6 - Laying the track on Old Road, above the terminus at Victoria Station
7 - Team of horses hauling track up Ty Gwyn Road, seen from behind
8 - View as CP519/7 above, with the team seen from above
9 - Part of boiler hauled by a team of 10 horses near Llwynnon Road, possibly on Old Road, just above Black Gate
10 - Track being laid on the lower portion, known as the 'S' bends on Old Road.
11 - Close view of tram track
12 - View of points with men working and a triangular skip-type vehicle on the tracks of the upper section.
13 - A close-up view of workers laying or adjusting tracks, as CP519/12 above, but probably on the lower section.
14 - Two men in suits and straw boaters inspecting the diverging tracks on the higher reaches of the Great Orme
15 - Track being laid at the top of Ty Gwyn Road on the Bay View bend, by a team of workmen
16 - The half-way station with the engine house the only building in existence at this time. Shows sidings being laid around the exterior of the building.
17 - Close view of workmen cutting track, probably on Old Road
18 - Group of men levering up and adjusting track on Old Road
19 - Track with cables on the upper part of the route
20 - Track running beside Ty Gwyn Road with donkey and 2 people on the road
21 - View of Old Road showing the track now embedded in the road. A man of apparent importance stands looking at the camera
22 - View of [Old Road] showing the track embedded into the road surface
23 - The track passing close to the fronts of teraced houses, with the road not yet reinstated. A small girl stands on the right
24 - Tan-y-Bwlch Station on the Ffestiniog Railway line. The single Fairlie locomotive Taliesin is in the station
25 - Carriage no. 2 [with its numbers painted upside down] being hauled up Old Road
26 - Another view of the carriage being moved manually.
27 - Carriage no. 6 loaded onto a well wagon as an 'out-of-gauge load' arriving at Llandudno Station. Warehouses on Builder Street visible in the background on right of photograph.
28 - Two jockey cars for luggage, with other tramway equipment, on the Great Orme
29 - Jockey cars at Halfway Station
30 - Rear view of carriage no. 4.
31 - Another view of carriage no. 4 and its passengers, seen from the side. [These are likely to be directors, shareholders and staff on the opening day 31 July 1902]
32 - Detailed view of lower part of carriage mounted on blocks, particularly showing chains and hooks
33 - Detailed view of underneath carriage on rails showing [?braking system]. This may be the Snaefell Isle of Man tram, which has a fell brake that works on the centre rail [suggestion of Mr Vaughan Roberts of Trefriw].
34 - Detailed view of wheel clamps and springs [on a slate truck?]. Unrelated to Great Orme Tramway.
35 - The steam-powered winding mechanism, possibly for the lower section of track.
36 - Postcard view of the tram on its journey
37 - Group of men in the entrance to unidentified building, possibly a hotel, with motor car and chauffeur.
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