This progenitor of the tram is now on the ” eternal wharf ‘near the metro station’ ‘Vasileoostrovskaya’ ‘.
She came to us from England, but one distinguishing feature-horse was added to the cars was dragged along the rails rather than overhead. Already in 1910, when the first 30 lines were launched, they transported more than a million passengers, which in those days was an astronomical figure. Therefore, it was decided to expand the fleet to 3 and a half thousand horses and create a double-decker carriages with an open platform, which cost less. The work was not easy, so the role of conductor and motorman took then only men who helped with the horses descent and ascent of the mountain. Sculpture itself is made in full size and installed gradually since 2004, wagon, 2005 horses, 2009, the motorman.
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