Photographs from R White & Son, Widnes

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

Reference
- GB 2008 CP519
Dates of Creation
- [c. 1900]-1902
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 37 photographs

Scope and Content

Photographs from R White & Son, Widnes, contractors for the Great Orme Tramway, showing the construction of the track, installation of winding gear and delivery of carriages.

Administrative / Biographical History

Taken by R White & Son as a record of their work

Access Information

This collection is open for research. Access to some documents may be restricted due to Data Protection legislation, Conwy Archives will advise where this is the case. For details and opening hours see http://www.conwy.gov.uk/en/Resident/Libraries-Museums-and-Archives/Archives/Archives.aspx.

Custodial History

Found by the depositors and saved by them, when Whites eventually went into receivership in 1980. Both depositors worked for Whites and were involved with clearing up upon the business's closure

Related Material

See also CX77, CP141, CMaps & Plans 32 for records of the Great Orme Tramway

Archive Record|Table of contents

Photographs from R White & Son, WidnesCP519

View of excavation for laying tram track on the Great Orme, by Half-way Station on the lower sectionCP519/1

Laying the track on Ty Gwyn Road, looking uphill. Shows the roof of Pumping Station, now demolishedCP519/2

Laying the track on Ty Gwyn Road, looking towards Old RoadCP519/3

Track laying at the top of Ty Gwyn Road where the track bends sharply to the right in to Belle Vue Terrace, known as Bay View bend. Horse and cart standing on the leftCP519/4

Top of Ty Gwyn Road as above showing terrace of houses on the Bay View bend, with group of men walking down the hillCP519/5

Laying the track on Old Road, above the terminus at Victoria StationCP519/6

Team of horses hauling track up Ty Gwyn Road, seen from behindCP519/7

View as CP519/7 above, with the team seen from aboveCP519/8

Part of boiler hauled by a team of 10 horses near Llwynnon Road, possibly on Old Road, just above Black GateCP519/9

Track being laid on the lower portion, known as the 'S' bends on Old Road.CP519/10

Close view of tram trackCP519/11

View of points with men working and a triangular skip-type vehicle on the tracks of the upper section.CP519/12

A close-up view of workers laying or adjusting tracks, as CP519/12 above, but probably on the lower section.CP519/13

Two men in suits and straw boaters inspecting the diverging tracks on the higher reaches of the Great OrmeCP519/14

Track being laid at the top of Ty Gwyn Road on the Bay View bend, by a team of workmenCP519/15

The half-way station with the engine house the only building in existence at this time. Shows sidings being laid around the exterior of the building.CP519/16

Close view of workmen cutting track, probably on Old RoadCP519/17

Group of men levering up and adjusting track on Old RoadCP519/18

Track with cables on the upper part of the routeCP519/19

Track running beside Ty Gwyn Road with donkey and 2 people on the roadCP519/20

View of Old Road showing the track now embedded in the road. A man of apparent importance stands looking at the cameraCP519/21

View of [Old Road] showing the track embedded into the road surfaceCP519/22

The track passing close to the fronts of teraced houses, with the road not yet reinstated. A small girl stands on the rightCP519/23

Tan-y-Bwlch Station on the Ffestiniog Railway line. The single Fairlie locomotive Taliesin is in the stationCP519/24

Carriage no. 2 [with its numbers painted upside down] being hauled up Old RoadCP519/25

Another view of the carriage being moved manually.CP519/26

Carriage no. 6 loaded onto a well wagon as an 'out-of-gauge load' arriving at Llandudno Station. Warehouses on Builder Street visible in the background on right of photograph.CP519/27

Two jockey cars for luggage, with other tramway equipment, on the Great OrmeCP519/28

Jockey cars at Halfway StationCP519/29

Rear view of carriage no. 4.CP519/30

Another view of carriage no. 4 and its passengers, seen from the sideCP519/31

Detailed view of lower part of carriage mounted on blocks, particularly showing chains and hooksCP519/32

Detailed view of underneath carriage on rails showing [?braking system]. This may be the Snaefell Isle of Man tram, which has a fell brake that works on the centre rail [suggestion of Mr Vaughan Roberts of Trefriw].CP519/33

Detailed view of wheel clamps and springs [on a slate truck?]. Unrelated to Great Orme Tramway.CP519/34

The steam-powered winding mechanism, possibly for the lower section of track.CP519/35

Postcard view of the tram on its journeyCP519/36

Group of men in the entrance to unidentified building, possibly a hotel, with motor car and chauffeur.CP519/37