Chesterfield No. 7 Tram from 1904

Taken with a Nikon D500 18 to 300 lens set at ISO 100, 38mm ƒ8.0 1/25 sec. 


Chesterfield was one of the first towns in 1881 to use electricity to light its streets, in 1881, but in 1904 Chesterfield Corporation decided to build an electricity generating station with a view to electrifying and extending its existing horse-drawn tramway. The Chesterfield 7 led a charmed – and celebrated – life. Built in 1904 as an open-topped double decker by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company at Loughborough, it narrowly escaped destruction in a severe fire which gutted the Corporation tramshed in October 1916. Car 7, which was damaged in the blaze, was restored and a top canopy was added later at the start of 1919.


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