No, Bombay did not lose its trams in 1880; it began operating horse-drawn trams in 1874 and continued with electric trams until 1964.
Timeline of Bombay's Tram Service:
1874: The Bombay Tramway Company launched the first horse-drawn trams on May 9, connecting routes like Colaba to Pydhonie.
1907: The Bombay Electric Supply and Tramways Company (BEST) replaced horse-drawn trams with the first electric trams.
1964: BEST permanently shut down the tram system due to traffic congestion and operating losses, nearly 90 years after electrification.
The year 1880 is significant in Indian tram history only because it marks the inauguration of a permanent horse-drawn tram route in Calcutta (Kolkata), not Bombay.
Making of Flora Fountain and Old Photos
In the memory of the architect of modern Mumbai, Sir Bartle Frere, a fountain was erected in 1869. It was built by the architect Richard Norman Shaw. It was called as Frere Fountain since the fountain was surrounded by palm trees and greenary. Later it came to be known as Floral Fountain.
The architectural style adopted was ‘Gothic Reviva’. It depicts the Roman goddess Flora and was built at a total cost of Rs. 67,000.
See Glimpse of Renovated Flora Fountains
In 1870 with Telegraph office in background
In 1870-NO TRAMS-ONLY HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES
BELOW:-BY looking at the vehicles on the road to identify the year as 1874- because there is horse drawn tram
BELOW-In 1950s- TRAMS BOTH SINGLE DECKER AND DOUBLE DECKER TRAMS,ALSO CAN IDENTIFY 1940'S MAINLY AMERICAN CARS SUCH AS FORD, CHEVROLET USED AS TAXI -WAITING NEAR FOUNTAIN -PLUS- =2 =BRITISH MADE CARS SUCH AS AUSTIN PARKED NEAR KERB AS TAXI -PLUS CAN IDENTIFY A PRIVATE AUSTIN CAR ON ROAD
Flora Fountain in 1960s-LAST TRAM WAS FORCED OUT BY 1964 BY SOME { I PERSONALLY THINK SOME IN POWER ,THOUGHT AMERICAN MODEL WITH NO TRAMS,AND ONLY CARS, IS BETTER- AS PART OF THAT TENDENCY= LATER AUTO RICKSHAWS WERE ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO CITY}
EVEN IN 1970 I SAW PLACES NORTH FROM MALABAR HILL TOWARDS DADAR AND BANDRA WERE NOT WELL DEVELOPED - SURPRISING TO THINK NOW WHEN EVEN BORIVLI AND NORTHWARDS ARE DEVELOPED !!
IN 50 YEARS IT ALL HAPPENED-SO I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE ACHIEVED SO MUCH IN 50 YEARS -IF THERE IS NO WAR BOTH EXTERNAL AND 'INTERNAL' WE WILL BE 3 RD or SECOND IN WORLD BY 2080 ANOTHER 50 YEARS AS PREDICTED BY Goldman Sachs (American investment bank): In a well-known forecast, India is projected to surpass the US to become the world’s second-largest economy by around 2075 (behind China}
