the mule-drawn street-cars
Record of the year: a reference scrap book: Volume 2
'1876 - At Kingston, Jamaica, street-cars commenced running — the first American
enterprise in the colony. It was a complete success, the cars being crowded from morning till
evening. The project was first conceived by Mr. Tracy Robinson . . .'
Street-cars in Kingston were horse or
mule drawn for a quarter of a century,
from 1876 when the system started until
1898 when it was electrified. However,
this is the only reasonable photo I have
ever found of one of those street cars - the
rest were just vague blobs in the distance
in some street scene! This one was
making its way up East Race Course,
carrying people to the 1891 Exhibition.
