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Dunedin cable car

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Dunedin cable car

Steam-powered cable tramways were introduced in Dunedin in the early 1880s. This photograph, taken some time in the early 20th century by Frederick George Radcliffe, shows the no. 3 cable car in High Street, near the intersection with Princes Street. Its sign says, ‘Mornington, Dunedin City Corporation’.

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Adrian Humphris, Public transport – Horse and steam trams, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22513/dunedin-cable-car (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Adrian Humphris, published 12 April 2010.