Gravesend, Rosherville and Northfleet Tramways
Owner Gravesend, Rosherville and Northfleet Tramways Company
Opened 15th June 1883 (horse)
Operator Gravesend, Rosherville and Northfleet Tramways Company
Electric trials April 1889 to November 1890 (conducted on the newly built extension to Huggens College by the Series Electric Traction Company, using the Short-Nesmith conduit system)
Taken over 1898 (controlling interest gained by the Drake and Gorham Electric Power and Traction Syndicate)
Parent company name changed c1900 (to the National Electric Traction Company)
Sold 1st January 1901 (to the British Electric Traction Company)
Named changed 18th April 1901 (to Gravesend and Northfleet Electric Tramways Limited)
Closed 30th June 1901
Length 2.19 miles
Gauge 3ft 6ins
Button description (1883 to 1901) Uniforms probably not worn
Button description (1901) Wheel, magnet and electrical flashes
Materials known Brass; chrome; nickel; black horn
Button Line reference [113/16]
Comment Photographs taken during the first 15 years or so of the system's life have not survived, so it is unclear whether or not uniforms were worn during this period; however, photographs taken after 1898 clearly show staff wearing informal attire (see link). A single photograph, which was probably taken after the BETCo takeover, shows a crew wearing double-breasted jackets with metal buttons; the latter were probably of the standard BETCo pattern.