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    The first House drawn trams in Europe...were completed and gained for Birkenhead in 1861.



    The first tram track in Britain to be laid down in the middle of the road was from Edge Lane to Broadgreen Station...The brainchild of John A Brodie. 1914.

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    BRODIE AVENUE 18 & 19
    John Alexander Brodie, Liverpool's City Engineer (1898-1925). In 1891, he invented and patented football nets and, in 1901, he patented the idea of prefabricating houses from reinforced concrete slabs. He also introduced the idea of using central reservations for tramcars.

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