Tram rail

This is a fragment of the track from the Exeter tram line. Trams ran on cast iron rails, thinner in section than those used in railways, but with more pronounced flanges which engaged with the undercarriage of the tram.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
86/2001/1
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Exeter Archaeology
Material
iron
Common Name
tram rail
Simple Name
rail
Period Classification
Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
Production Year Low
1905
Production Year High
1931

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