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1788 = allocated Pontevedra but became La Corunna #49
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1789 = delivered Pontevedra, not used, later Vigo, then La Coruna #51
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1791 = Pontevedra #102
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1813 = allocated Pontevedra but delivered Viga, not used
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1814 = allocated Pontevedra but delivered Viga, not used
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1816 = Pontevedra #104
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For two decades the LCC tramway from London and the Croydon Corporation trams ");
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