In the postcard viewīelow, Rua João Alfredo is barely visible on the left. Novembro and the horsecar rails were removed. The electric system expanded, more tracks were laid on Av. Today :Īnother view of Rua João Alfredo : The photograph below, which was reproduced in an English To see the original, large color version of this postcard, showing more of the street and buildings, click here.Ī while, some of the new electric trams pulled the old horsecars as Tramway was built along this same street in 2004 : Theģ-story structure on the left is Hotel América.

Note abandoned horsecar tracks, of both gauges, in the foreground. Is a view of Rua João Alfredo after an electric tram has turned The inauguration, shows an electric tram about to turn right onto Rua Praça Dom Pedro II, adjacent to Praça do Relógio Terminal of the new electric line was on Av. To see a large photograph of the reconstruction of Rua João Alfredo in 1907, click here. That inbound cars ran west on Rua Senador Manuel Barata and east on Theįirst line followed the same route as the 1869 steam tramway, except & Halske installed electric street lighting in Belém in 1894Īnd an English company, Pará Electric Railways & LightingĬo., opened a 1435 mm gauge electric tramway on 15 August 1907. Tramway on the right used the same type U.S.-built cars :

Note that both the 750 mm gauge line on the left and the 1435 mm gauge Tramways about 1905 at their terminals on Praça do Here is Rua João Alfredo about 1900 :Īddition to the 1435 mm gauge line, another animal tramway, of 750 mm São Brás, where the mediocre photograph below was taken :īegan pulling trams along the same route in the 1870s and steam Rail Road in Rio de Janeiro the year before, and the first trams were Gauge of the 1869 line was 1435 mm, established by the Botanical Garden This was also the route of Belém's first electric tramway inġ907 and is the route (in part) of its new heritage tramway today. Largo de Nazareth (Praça Justo Chermont). João Alfredo and Santo Antônio, then southeast along Av.ġ5 de Agosto (Pres. The line began at the Cathedral and ranĮast along Rua Pedro Rayol (Rua Padre Champagnat today) and Ruas On early tramway history, see the Belém chapter of my book, The Tramways of Brazil.įirst street railway was built in 1869 by the U.S. New electric tramway that was built there in 2004. That operated in the Brazilian city from 1869 to 1947 – and the Is a website about the steam-powered, horsedrawn and electric tramways

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