Salford's Five-Wheeled Omnibus

verso The five-wheeled omnibus, artist unknown but ascribed to Henry Calvert
John Greenwood ran this service from Pendleton toll-gate to Albert Bridge between 1861 and 1872. The flanged fifth wheel kept the four other wheels on the metal track. Salford Museums and Art Galleries.

See also:  A Hundred Years of Road Passenger Transport in Manchester (1935)

Lancashire Parishes Before 1832

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