Building record TQ 97 SW 1107 - Sheerness Tram Depot

Summary

Sheerness Tram Depot.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9316 7348 (point)
Map sheet TQ97SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT

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Full Description

Tram depot associated with the Sheerness Electric Power Station built by the Sheerness and District Electric Power and Traction Co in 1902-3. The depot was connected to the tram tracks on Halfway Road by a branch line entering the depot on the N side of Power Station Road. The depot could accomodate 12 cars and featured workshops , a paint shop and offices. The depot was centred at TQ 9315 7345. A single range survives on the road side (poss former workshops) and part of the tram shed is incorporated into the present catering supplies warehouse on the site. The power station (at TQ 9315 7345) was situated immediately to the SE of this. It supplied domestic and industrial users at 460v DC by overhead transmission and tramway power at 550v DC. 3 Brush generators driven by 3 Browett and Lindley engines provided the tram power and there were timber cooling towers. The trams stopped running in 1917 and the depot became a bus depot. (1-2) Photograph. (3)


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, 'Invicta' 1971 The Tramways of Kent Vol1 p118 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by D Eve May 1996 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9499.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. 'Invicta' 1971 The Tramways of Kent Vol1 p118.
  • <2> Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Site visit by D Eve May 1996.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3062. print.

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Record last edited

Oct 2 2013 4:16PM