Image collection: Trams

This is a sample of photographs of trams. You can search the catalogue for more or browse the collections.

Cathedral Square on a tram excursion day to Sumner [1900]	Construction of the electrical tramways in Christchurch [1905]	An electric car at the Victoria Street bridge [1905]
The Christchurch Tramway Company's opening of the Papanui line: the trial trip on midnight of Friday June 2nd: a photograph taken with a flash in Cathedral Square [2 June 1905]	The Fendalton tram shown leaving the terminus in Fendalton outside the entrance to Mona Vale by the railway line [1907?]	The first tram near the terminus on the new line from Papanui to Northcote, along the Main North Road [1913]
A tramway inhalation car [1918]	A tram runs into difficulties, at the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets, when Christchurch was hit by snow [1918?]	A tram heading over Cashmere Hills, Christchurch [1919]
Seaview Road New Brighton [ca. 1920]	Returning from Sumner seaside to Christchurch by steam tram [ca. 1921]	A Kitson steam tram runs past the Government Buildings in Cathedral Square with tramways workers on board [1927]
A tram conductor of the Christchurch Electric Tramways tests the depth of the track in Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1927]	Trams in Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1931]	Pedestrians and a tram in Cathedral Square, Christchurch [193-?]