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The Estrela cable tram was opened on 14 August 1890. The
line, with a length of 1.7 km, did have its termini at Praça de Camões
and Largo de Estrela. At the latter the depot and winding were located. A
turntable in the street did give acces to the depot and was also used to
turn the cars. At Camões a terminal loop was used.
The line, constructed by the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen and operated by
the Companhia dos Elevadores, did have a gauge of 90 cm, side-slot and
side-jaw cable. There were four small single-ended cars numbered 1, 3, 4
& 8 and two gripper & trailer pairs, of which the trailers did
have the numbers 5 & 6. It is not known if the numbers 2 & 7 were
used for the gripper cars or these numbers did belong to additional cars.
The line closed on 3 July 1913. On 1 March 1914 the replacing electric
tramline 28 was opened. |
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