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Lviv’s First Tram Depot

Areta — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:11:19 +0000

The first electric tramline in Lviv was built ahead of the General Regional Exhibition of 1894 to bring visitors from the main railway station to the site of the exhibition. To power the line, the first municipal electric station of direct current (DC) was also built, and to house the […]

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Five Fun Facts about the Galician General Regional Exhibition of 1894

Areta — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 11:52:33 +0000

The biggest fair in the history of Lviv (Lwów), the General Regional Exhibition (Powszechna Wystawa Krajowa) drew nearly 1,150,000 visitors over a four-month period. The most distinguished guest was Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I himself. The exhibition was a platform to demonstrate Lviv’s and Galicia’s economic and cultural progress, and […]

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Tramway Rosettes and Numbers in Lviv

Areta — Mon, 21 May 2018 12:15:42 +0000

Antique tramway rosettes remain on many of Lviv’s historic buildings. These elements of infrastructure were attached to the facades of buildings to hold cross-street wires in place, which in turn supported the naked live wire which supplied power to the trams. Lviv’s first electric tram began running in 1894. Throughout the […]

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Tramway Rosettes in Glasgow

Areta — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:17:17 +0000

When I was Glasgow, I noticed on several buildings in the city center the same tram rosettes that are in Lviv. Thus I immediately knew that Glasgow once had a tram system. Glasgow’s electric tram route began in 1898. In 1962 the city abandoned its tramway system — the last city in […]

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