The first trams were horsedrawn, then they were drawn by steam - neither were saitsfactory. Electricity was first used in Blackpool, from an electrified rail; in Leeds in 1891 an overhead wire provided current and this became the almost universal system...Tram in Tyrrel Street, Bradford 1903 (KEYSTONE/UNITED ARCHIVES)
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