Re: [Trams] Grand Unions in Australasia

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

There is a 1908 photo in "Adelaide on the Move" (AETA 1978) of a Grand
Union Junction under construction at King William St / North Terrace
intersection.  The caption claims it is a Grand Union, but unfortunately
not all legs are visible because firstly it is still under construction
and secondly the phot is cropped on the left.

John Dennis wrote:
> 
> In article <01c08b88$2ff56b80$818a17d2@rodsmith>,
>   "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote:
> > AFAIK there were never any in Adelaide: the best was 6 or 7 out of a
> > possible 8 curves.
> 
> Interesting Rod.  I now have three different answers for Adelaide:
> - one, at North Terrace/King William
> - more than one (but with no intersections named)
> - none.
> 
> Maybe I need to contact the museum at St Kilda.
> 
> >> There is a Grand Union at Balaclava Junction in Melbourne.  There
> >> were one (or more) in Adelaide.  I believe there was one in Auckland.
> 
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