Imperial Tramway

Imperial Tramway Company Post, 1897, Norton

This fantastic survivor still sits in Norton High Street, originally steam driven trams owned by the Middlesbrough and Stockton Tram Company ran from Norton to Thornaby, but they were taken over in 1896 by the Imperial Tramway Company who electrified the system and joined it with Middlesbrough.The first electric tram ran in 1898 so this post must be one of the very first when the route was being electrified, the extended service ran from Norton Green to North Ormesby. Trams ran from Norton until the end of 1931.