Market place

No year for this photo. I imagine around 1870s.

The tram wires are up so post 1901.

Donkey Oaty wrote:The tram wires are up so post 1901.

I would agree with that. The tram in the photo was manufactured in 1902. Not sure when they sropped using the open tops though, at a guess, around 1920 or so.

Is Lowes in the picture? I think lowes opened in the late 1800s

I can't see Lowes, it might be on the left behind that tram hut.

I thought the tram hut was Lowes, onlooking again I'd say it was a tram hut

Does anyone know if there are archived photos of the Wigan Corporation trams that can be seen online?

This may be of interest UJ

http://www.tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com/page148/page152/page229/page229.html

https://theomnibussociety.zenfolio.com/p151211324/hB98FC17A#hb98fc21c

Thanks for posting that lolly.

I've spent a little time today trying to identify the tram in the Old Market place picture. I know that it can only be one of two different models used by the Corporaton, but which one of those it is cant be seen in the photo. I do know it was built in Preston, and prior to 1905.

The fleet is listed on Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan_Corporation_Tramways

Thanks Lolly. I did see that list, its the reason I knew that the trams were built in Preston.

It's nice to see what the town and people looked like at the time of my fathers birth in 1902.