Commemorative plaque 8756 — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: Ancient monument. Tramway reversing triangle opened 5th December 1881 as the southern terminus of the first steam powered street tramway in the United Kingdom. Blackburn & Over Darwen Tramways opened 14th April 1881 Recorded plaque organisation: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.

This site marks the southern terminus and a reversing triangle for the first steam-powered street tramway in the UK, opened on December 5, 1881, as part of the Blackburn & Over Darwen Tramways system inaugurated on April 14, 1881. It represents an important milestone in the development of urban public transportation in Britain.

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