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The first tramway company in Cape Town, the ‘Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company’, commences operations with a horse-draw
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South African History Online. (2012, March 30). The first tramway company in Cape Town, the ‘Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company’, commences operations with a horse-draw. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0080996
South African History Online (2012) 'The first tramway company in Cape Town, the ‘Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company’, commences operations with a horse-draw', South African History Online, 30 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0080996 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, The first tramway company in Cape Town, the ‘Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company’, commences operations with a horse-draw [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0080996, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"The first tramway company in Cape Town, the ‘Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company’, commences operations with a horse-draw." South African History Online, 30 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0080996. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The first tramway company in Cape Town, the ‘Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company’, commences operations with a horse-draw." South African History Online. March 30, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0080996.
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