Tram [Whanganui No.10 (California Combination)]
Maker and role
Boon and Company, Manufacturer
Wanganui Corporation Tramways, Commissioned by
Production date
1912
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Object detail
Accession number
2004.312
Production period
Description
Whanganui Tram No.10 (1912) - California Combination
Bodywork: Boon and Company, Christchurch
Length: 30' 0", width: 7' 10",
seating capacity: 32
Original Truck: 4-wheel Brill 21E –
1435 mm (4' 8½") gauge
Original Motors: 2 BTH GE54 motors @ 25 HP
Original Controllers: GE B18C with rheostatic electric/magnetic track braking
Display Truck: Brill copy 21E ex Brussels in Belgium, 4' 8 1/2" (1435mm) gauge
Colour: Orange with pale green with off white trim
Bodywork: Boon and Company, Christchurch
Length: 30' 0", width: 7' 10",
seating capacity: 32
Original Truck: 4-wheel Brill 21E –
1435 mm (4' 8½") gauge
Original Motors: 2 BTH GE54 motors @ 25 HP
Original Controllers: GE B18C with rheostatic electric/magnetic track braking
Display Truck: Brill copy 21E ex Brussels in Belgium, 4' 8 1/2" (1435mm) gauge
Colour: Orange with pale green with off white trim
Brief History
Whanganui Tram No.10
Operator: Wanganui Corporation Tramway (WCT)
In service: 6th March 1912 - 15th September 1950
Built in 1912 by Christchurch based builders, Boon and Company for the Wanganui Corporation Tramways, No.10 is typical of the small 4-wheel combination- type tramcars (saloon with open-air end sections) used in the provincial town tramways of Whanganui, New Plymouth, Napier, Invercargill.
Over its 38 years of service, No.10 remained almost completely unaltered in configuration. During the 1940s and into the 1950s, tramcar services were being reviewed throughout New Zealand. In the case of Wanganui Corporation Tramways, the aging system, lack of maintenance (largely due to World War Two) and the move to replace tramways with trolley buses saw the close of the system.
No. 10 was last operated on 15 September 1950 at the public parade marking the farewell of trams in Whanganui. Following this, the body was sold locally and then later purchased by Ron Alexander, Graeme Bennett and Alan Lang, who in turn presented No.10 to MOTAT for preservation in 1967.
Operator: Wanganui Corporation Tramway (WCT)
In service: 6th March 1912 - 15th September 1950
Built in 1912 by Christchurch based builders, Boon and Company for the Wanganui Corporation Tramways, No.10 is typical of the small 4-wheel combination- type tramcars (saloon with open-air end sections) used in the provincial town tramways of Whanganui, New Plymouth, Napier, Invercargill.
Over its 38 years of service, No.10 remained almost completely unaltered in configuration. During the 1940s and into the 1950s, tramcar services were being reviewed throughout New Zealand. In the case of Wanganui Corporation Tramways, the aging system, lack of maintenance (largely due to World War Two) and the move to replace tramways with trolley buses saw the close of the system.
No. 10 was last operated on 15 September 1950 at the public parade marking the farewell of trams in Whanganui. Following this, the body was sold locally and then later purchased by Ron Alexander, Graeme Bennett and Alan Lang, who in turn presented No.10 to MOTAT for preservation in 1967.
Marks
CORPORATION TRAMWAYS Label
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Boon and Company et al. 1912. Tram [Whanganui No.10 (California Combination)], 2004.312. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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