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PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT AND DISTRICT TRAMWAYS ACT 1882

LINE 1

On July 24th 1882 The Plymouth, Devonport & District Tramways Act received the Royal Assent.

The Act authorised the construction of seven tramways in Plymouth and Devonport, of which line 1 was to start outside the Globe Hotel Tap in Russell Street and then pass along Richmond Street, Cobourg Street, Portland Villas, Albany Place, North Road, Houndiscombe Road, Mutley Plain, Townshend Hill (sic - it should have read Townsend Hill), Mannamead Road and terminate at the end of Compton Lane.

This line was 1½ miles in length.

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