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Electric tram, around 1920

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Electric tram, around 1920

Powered by overhead electric wires and running on tracks set into the roadway, a tram heads into Auckland from the suburb of Mt Eden.

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Mark Derby, Suburbs – The role of transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25056/electric-tram-around-1920 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 4 February 2010.