Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Glossop Tramway

From Graces Guide

The Glossop Tramway was a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) long passenger tramway service connecting the mill towns of Glossop and Hadfield

Run by the Urban Electric Supply Co

Charles Edward Knowles was appointed manager of the project, and Leo Arthur Hards was an expert electric tramway engineer and given responsibility for the layout of the system.

1903 Opened

1927 Closed

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