I'm not sure whether a couple of these have already featured in the past but, if so, it's a pleasure to show them again :)
Tram Depot - Lewis Street
Inside the Tram Depot.
Gee Cross Tram outside Depot
Lewis Street Depot
Unidentified spot, possibly next to Gerrards, Gee Cross
Trams at Hyde Market
Unidentified place
Tram Shed
Two Trams next to Hyde Market Square
Many Thanks, David.
Great photos.
Edit.
Information from Maloney
"Tramcars never ran further along Mottram Road than the tram shed. It was in 1897 that the first tram tracks were laid between Oldham and Gee Cross by the "British Electrical Pioneer Company," the electrical tram car was the latest fad of the times. In 1896, the company obtained a provisional act for the construction of an electrical tram system from Oldham through Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton and Hyde and Gee Cross. Construction on the tramway commenced in 1897 and was completed in 1899. After the laying of the tracks was completed to Gee Cross, the regular service began on Monday June 12th 1899. Electrical tram cars, as they were called, were a convenient way for people to travel between Oldham and Gee Cross, as they made frequent stops at popular places along the route. There were sixteen tramcars and they commenced running at noon each day. The car ran the whole length from Oldham to Gee Cross. The electrical tramcar service from Hyde to Stockport commenced on January 1st, 1903. Before the electrical tramcar service the route from Hyde to Ashton was different. The section of the road from the Hollow Brow (Newton Street) past Cartwright and Rattray's (Waterlows) had not been constructed. So the horse drawn buses went up past Flowery Field Church and down Throstle Bank Street before turning on Dukinfield Road".
Thanks Maloney.
