Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram
- Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram
The Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram is located in the city of Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia.
The tramway links the visitor information centre in downtown Victor Harbor with the nearby Granite Island, running for half of its route over a 630 metre wooden causeway. It is one of the very few horse-drawn tram routes remaining in public transit service anywhere in the world, and provides service every day throughout the year.
The service ["The Victor Harbour Horse Tram" Harris, G.G. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, May, 1972 pp97-101] was originally introduced in 1894 and ran until 1956, when the cars were disposed of. Service recommenced in 1986 with replica tram cars ["Victor Harbour Horse Trams Return" Bird, Kim Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, September, 1986, pp207-211] . There are four tramcars, each hauled by one of 8 Clydesdale horses.
ee also
*Douglas Horse Tram, another horse drawn tramway on the Isle of Man
*List of light-rail/tram systems
References
External links
* [http://www.victor.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=321 City of Victor Harbor's pages on the tram]
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