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Page
of
ASOCIACIÓN
AMIGOS DEL TRANVÍA
DE
CÓRDOBA
[CÓRDOBA
TRAMWAY FRIENDS ASSOCIATION]
Address:
Obispo Trejo 1127 - Planta Baja - (5000) CÓRDOBA - República
Argentina
Telefax:
+54-351-4682219
E-
mail: penalozatramway@arnet.com.ar
/ luciopenaloza@arnet.com.ar
CÓRDOBA: A TRAMWAY WITH HISTORY...
The
city of Córdoba waits the concretion of the works of the so waited
historical-tourist circuit of the electrical tramway #350 and that during
ninety-one years transported passengers in Lisbon, Portugal, returning
to the traffic in the Argentinian mediterranean main city, to revive the
nostalgia of the locals, after almost thirty six years of their disappearance.
The tramway coach manufactured in 1907 by Brill in New Jersey (U.S.A.) and it is in part similar to the Englishs that traveled the streets of the "Docta" city from the implementation of the electric traction in 1909, and belongs to the Association Friends of the Córdoba Tramway (A.A.T.C.) whose driver of the laudable initiative is his founding and President, Lucio Eduardo Peñaloza.
From May 1998, in which arrived to Argentina, the mentioned tramway unit is found in exhibition in the Museum of Industry of the Municipality of Córdoba and it was considered by journalists of the local means "as the proud piece of the Museum".
Now it is on the verge of be concretized the project, that notes to recapture the history of the streetcar through a recreational ride that will operate all on saturdays, sundays and holidays, directed by the members of the A.A.T.C.
The
present project will form part of an ambitious reorganization plan of the
museum. In that place will be the historical keeper station of the
car, from where will depart in a dream trip by the traditional streets
of the General Paz quarter, covering all the tour estimated in sixteen
blocks.
The
mentioned revaluation project of the tramway patrimony is built and nourished
with the daily effort; and the approximation to the past gives us new perspectives
to approach the cultural and social changes that proposes us the next revenue
to a new millennium.
According to the director of the Museum of Industry, Eduardo Gesumaria, assures that the tour requires a reduced investment and that the Municipality of Córdoba already confirmed the return of the streetcar. On the other hand, José Antonio Novo, current Culture Undersecretary of the Municipality, said that that dependency and the General Secretariat are analyzing the budgetary items envolved.
The
tramway is an important capitulate in the history of the city, in the country
and in the world; furthermore it is being studying the implementation
of a similar unit to the horse and mule-driven tramways that operated in
Córdoba from 1879 to 1925, recovering thus a valuable patrimony
that in a future will constitute the "rolling museum" of the A.A.T.C.
Exhibition of the A.A.T.C.:
