Leeds_trolleybus,_1912_-_Ex(Tas).jpg

Description
English: One of the original Leeds trolleybuses. The photo was published in a newspaper in Launceston, Tasmania , Australia, as the illustration for an article headed "Railless Traction - The "Trolley Bus". The caption to the photo reads: "One of the Railless electric cars in use at Leeds." Nearly 40 years later, on 21 December 1950, Launceston became the last Australian city to set up a permanent trolleybus system . By then, the Leeds trolleybus system had been closed for more than 20 years.
Date circa October 1912
date QS:P,+1912-10-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source Originally published in The Examiner , Launceston, Tasmania , on 19 October 1912.
Now available online here from the National Library of Australia .
Author Unknown - no author is identified in the caption.
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