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Electric Tram crossing the Old Bridge, Bath c.1905 - detail

Electric Tram crossing the Old Bridge, Bath c.1905 - detail

Image Reference: 12546
Artist/Photographer: Carpenter, Louis
Image Date: 1905
Measurements: 13.2 x 20.7 cm
Medium: postcard
Collection: Loose photos
Library Reference: X3 / 072
Credit: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: The traffic system was radically different back then. Brunel's viaduct was also home to a police and fire station, the arches also acted as a mortuary for bodies pulled from the river. Holloway survives in the background, before is destruction in the war and subsequent clearance.
Postcard by Louis Carpenter of Ramsgate (No. 30).

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