Parriwi Road Tram

Parriwi Road was constructed in 1887, in preparation to accommodate the extension of the tramline from Spit Junction down to the Spit in October 1900.[1] The tram track was a single lane which followed the cliff cut down to the water.

O-class trams travelled to the Spit Terminus, where passengers would alight, complete a short walk across the Spit Bridge, while the tram was ferried across, and then re-board to venture onwards to the Northern Beaches. The last trams ceased operations in October 1939.[2]

[1] Mosman Municipal Council, Parkland Environmental Planners, and Philips Marler, The Spit Reserves Plan of Management: Public Exhibition Draft, p. 18.

[2] John Cowper, “Remembering Sydney’s Trams: The Spit Terminus, Manly Lines,” Flickr, November 11, 2011, <https://www.flickr.com/photos/johncowper/6333789981>, accessed 13 November 2021.