March 2011 Main Line vol3 No1 copy - the Seashore Trolley Museum

Early in the Edwardian Era a classic London double-deck tram trundles onto Westminster
heading towards Big
Ben and the Houses of
Parliament. Electric
powered trams got off
to a slow start in
London but by 1903,
when the Westminster
Bridge - Tooting route
opened, there were
300 electric tramcars
in the city. Note that
the trams on this route
are picking up their
power through a slot in
the road surface rather
than the overhead
systems used in some
parts of London. A little note for your next trivia contest - the Westminster Bridge is
painted primarily green - the same color as the leather seats in the House of Commons.
The bridge is at the downstream end of the Houses of Parliament where the Commons is
located. The next bridge upriver, the Lambeth Bridge, is on the end of the Parliament
where the House of Lords is located. The Lambeth Bridge is painted primarily red which,
as you might guess, is the color of the leather seats in the House of Lords.
Library Committee Meetings –
The next Library Committee meeting will be held at the library, second floor, of York
County Community College in Wells, ME on Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 10AM until
Noon. A working group will follow from Noon until 3PM.
The Committee meetings on May 14, 2011 and June 11, 2011 with their subsequent
working groups are also scheduled to be held at YCCC.
Please come and join us at the Library Committee meetings, we all look forward to seeing
you and hearing your thoughts and needs. Canʼt make the meeting – please drop an
email to the library SeashoreLibrary@ramsdell.com or use the contact link on the
Museumʼs Internet site.