Opening the Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway 1893

Marquis of Salisbury (1830 - 1903), turning on the current at the generating station, Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, 4th February 1893. In the foreground of the engraving can be seen the four horizontal compound steam-engines, which powered the 4 Elwell-Parker dynamos that provided the current for the railway. The Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway provided a passenger service running for seven miles through Liverpool's docks

Bramley Compound Current Dynamos Elwell Generating Liverpools Marquis Overhead Provided Salisbury Turning

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