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tramway Definition

tram·way (tramwā′)

noun

  1. tramroad
  2. Brit. a streetcar line; tramline
  3. ☆ a system in which carriers or cars are supported by overhead cables

tramway Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • construct: The early years of this century saw an electric tramway constructed along the Hertford Road.
  • operate: This line was originally a tramway operated by horse opened in the 1790s.
  • build: The Ipswich Tram Company was given permission by the Board Of Trade to build a tramway through the town last year.
  • draw: There was a horse drawn tramway at the Royal Arsenal in 1824.

Adjective modifier

  • inclined: There were a number of coalmines to the south of the site which were served by inclined plane tramways.
  • electric: An electric tramway on the public roads within the Park started on 14th July 1903.
  • aerial: The Rainforest Tram The Rainforest Tram is an aerial tramway in the Costa Rican rainforest.
  • narrow: A narrow gage tramway would take up a fraction of the space needed for the CDTS scheme.
  • old: All the way through to this location we had been following the tracks of the old tramway.

Modifies a noun

  • terminus: Reading Transport Route 17: Details of the eastern tramway terminus corrected.
  • locomotive: If so was a Kitson tramway locomotive one with Kitson's own valve gear?
  • museum: Covers details of narrow gage, standard gage and tramway museums.
  • route: The Government agreed, in March 03, to provide £ 325m funding for tramway routes in Edinburgh.
  • bridge: The Arch has the shape of a canal bridge rather than a railroad or tramway bridge.

Noun used with modifier

  • horse-drawn: Railways on the Common A horse-drawn tramway was installed on the Common in 1864 by the National Rifle Association.
  • gage: From its head 3 foot gage tramway tracks led to the working faces.
  • mineral: In just five minutes from The Valley, you could be golfing at the manor or cycling the mineral tramways.
  • steam: Coventry & District Tramways Act, 1880, provides powers for steam tramway operation.
  • horse: A horse tramway along Fore Street opened in 1881.
  • street: Apart from this, the first street tramway in England was built in Birkenhead in 1860 by an American, G F Train.

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