New Zealand - Dunedin - Maintenance on the tram tracks was a manual task involving gangs of men with picks and shovels. The steam roller was essential to compact the road surface. The tram pictured was travelling from the Botanical Gardens to St Clair. #602656 Dunedin cable tramway system - The Dunedin cable tramway system was a group of cable tramway lines in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is significant as Dunedin was the second city in the world to adopt the cable car (the first being San Francisco). - The first Dunedin cable car line opened in 1881, the engineer responsible being George Smith Duncan. For this system he introduced the pull curve and the slot brake; the former was a way to pull cars through a curve, since Dunedin's curves were too steep to allow coasting, while the latter forced a wedge down into the cable slot to stop the tram, which was deemed necessary after the line had a runaway tram some two months after it opened. - The last line closed on 2 March 1957. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunedin_cable_tramway_system) #trams #dunedin Around Dunedin by Cable Car and Tram in the 1950's - A unique photographic portfolio of Dunedin as it was in the 1950s - the cable cars swarming with commuters, the trams loaded with people and prams, the trammies, the suburbs, the streets, the shops and the advertisements of the period. - inside front cover Author: Stewart, Graham ISBN : 1869340620 Click the link provided at the top to purchase the book through the MAD on New Zealand Shop - Supporting New Zealand Authors and Artists