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Gallery: Broad Street, Reading, date unknown
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A general view looking east along Broad Street, showing the tram lines in the centre of the road, with horse-drawn carriages and people outside the shops. The first trams were introduced in Reading in 1879 and were horse-drawn. In 1903 electric trams began to be introduced to replace the horse-drawn ones. The tram lines in this photograph must still have been used for horses as there are no electric cables above them.
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