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- ↑ Klapper, C. (1961) The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
- ↑ Brash, Ronald W. (1971). Glasgow in the Tramway Ages, Longman, ISBN 0582204887. Page 27.
- ↑ Brash, Ronald W. (1971). Glasgow in the Tramway Ages, Longman, 1971, ISBN 0582204887, Page 28.
- ↑ Klapper, Charles Frederick (1984). The Golden Age of Buses, Routledge, ISBN 0710202326, Page 22.
- ↑ "Opening of the Glasgow Tramways". Greenock Advertiser. 20 August 1872. p. 2.