Copiapo, véhicule N°. 25
Ville: | Copiapo Chili |
Opérateur/Dépôt: | Universidad de Atacama |
Modèle: | Eaton, Gilbert & Co. horse car |
Châssis: | Barnum Richardson Co. |
Construit: | 1858 |
État actuel: | Hors service |
Service: | Musée |
Remarques: | 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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Copiapo, Eaton, Gilbert & Co. horse car N°. 24 Copiapo, Eaton, Gilbert & Co. horse car N°. 23 Copiapo, Ferrocarril de Pabellón a Chañarcillo Co N°. n/a
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
Lundi 4 octobre 2010 Posté par Ymtram
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↑ 30 janvier 1859 Arrivé au ateliers
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