Copiapó, car Nr. parc 23

Oraș:	Copiapó Chile
Depoul:	Universidad de Atacama
Model:	Eaton, Gilbert & Co. horse car
Șasiu:	Barnum Richardson Co.
Anul construcției:	1858
Starea actuală:	Defect
Funcție:	Vehicul de muzeu
Observație:	Considered the oldest tram in the world (in a set of 4 cars)
Coach for the horse-powered Chañarcillo railway, the second horse-tram line in Chile, which operated between Pabellón and Chile's largest silver mine at Chañarcillo, opened 30 Jan 1859. Similar horsecars built by the same manufacturer operated in New York, Brooklyn and Boston in the 1850s. Cars 23, 24 & 25 and the numberless freight car are displayed at the Universidad de Atacama in Copiapó behind the Latin America's oldest steam locomotive, built by Norris in Philadelphia in 1850. These four cars are considered the world's oldest trams.

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Universidad de Atacama

These 162-year-old 1858-built cars are considered the oldest tramcars in the world.
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Данные 162-летние вагоны производства 1858-го года считаются самыми старыми трамвайными вагонами в мире.

Photo: Seba Flores
License: CC BY-SA 3.0

4 octombrie 2010 an, Luni
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↑ 30 ianuarie 1859 an Arrived at the facility

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