December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the excavation of parts of Edinburgh’s old cable tramway system from beneath Leith Walk, what the various pieces of ironmongery were and how it all worked

December 18, 2022December 19, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the early history of trams in Edinburgh, how horses just couldn’t cope and how the city came to adopt cable cars as its preferred means of public transport