The Douglas Southern Electric Tramway travelled from Douglas Head to Port Soderick ( which will feature in a later post) from 2nd September 1896 to 28th August 1939. It was eventually destroyed in 1955 and all that remains is the entrance at Marine Drive which will be instantly familiar to all those of us who have walked that way. It is unlikely to operate again due to landslides in the area.
I'm not sure of the exact date of the above postcard. It hasn't been used, but the publisher is S. Hildersheimer who were producing cards between 1881 and 1920.
One of the trams is currently at Crich Tramway Museum and is shown on a 1997 postcard below.
Today, anyone wanted to go to Port Soderick is likely to get the Steam Train whose fate has been better than a lot of the transport on the Isle of Man.
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