clifton, robinson, james, january, 1848, november, 1910, born, birkenhead, england, known, tramway, king, having, involvement, building, operating, street, tramways, york, city, london, liverpool, dublin, cork, bristol, edinburgh, angeles, electric, traction, . Sir James Clifton Robinson 1 January 1848 6 November 1910 born in Birkenhead England 1 was known as the Tramway King having involvement in the building and operating of street tramways in New York City London Liverpool Dublin Cork Bristol Edinburgh and Los Angeles Electric Traction caricature by Spy Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair 1909 He was Managing Director of the Bristol Tramways the Imperial Tramways Company London United Tramways 2 and the Corris Railway 3 He was awarded a knighthood in 1905 4 and died from heart disease in New York 1 References Edit a b Sir James Clifton Robinson Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 1911 Wilson Geoffrey 1971 London United Tramways Corris Railway Society Journal 1990 Sitter Sir Clifton Robinson 1849 1910 Lafayette Negative Archive This United Kingdom business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clifton Robinson amp oldid 1048881040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
