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Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company

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37: 101: 132:. The 12 councils which were in the area to be serviced by the MOTC formed the Melbourne Tramway Trust. The Trust laid the tracks, bought land and built the cable winding houses. The MOTC provided the trams and operated the service. From 1885 to 1891 service was established to covered the suburbs of 113:. The company carried five million passengers. Clapp reorganised the company into the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company. By 1882 the company had over 1,600 horses and 178 omnibuses. In 1885 the company carried 11.7 million passengers. 108:
The MTOC was started by Francis Boardman Clapp, who had come to Australia from the United States in 1853 to search for gold. In 1869 he set up the Melbourne Omnibus Company which ran horse-drawn omnibuses in the inner suburbs of
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The extant building at 673 Bourke Street, Melbourne bears the company logo, and may have been built to house the company's offices. The building was completed in 1891.
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offered MTOC a 30-year exclusive contract to operate a tram system using either horse, steam or cable power. Clapp chose to use the
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The MOTC's franchise expired on 30 June 1916, and the cable network was taken over by the
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Engine house and cable winding machinery, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company, 1898
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Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express
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Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company cable tram in 1885
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North Melbourne Electric Tramway & Lighting Company
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Index

Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company

Melbourne
Cable system
Melbourne's cable tram system

Melbourne
Government of Victoria
cable system
Chicago
San Francisco
Brunswick
Carlton
Collingwood
Clifton Hill
Fitzroy
North Melbourne
South Melbourne
West Melbourne
Port Melbourne
Prahran
Richmond
St.Kilda
Toorak
State Government
Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
Melbourne's nine tram systems


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