Douglas Bay Tramway/Douglas Horse Tramway
Owner Thomas Lightfoot
Opened 7th August 1876 (horse)
Operator Thomas Lightfoot
Taken over January 1882 (Isle of Man Tramways Ltd)
Taken over 1st May 1894 (Douglas and Laxey Coast Electric Tramway Company Limited)
Owning company renamed 1894 ('Isle of Man Tramways and Electric Power Co Ltd')
Taken over 25th September 1901 (Douglas Corporation), following liquidation of the 'IoMT&EPC'
Length 1.76 miles
Gauge 3ft 0ins
Button description Arms (quartered shield with Viking ship, eagle and child, the Three Legs of Man, and a lion; above a scroll containing 'Borough of Douglas'; surmounted by a helmet and crown with elaborate garlands), all above motto: 'Manx Kiannoortys Cheus Thie Jeh Kiannoortys' (Government within a government)
Materials known Brass; chrome
Button Line reference [None]
Comments The Isle of Man Tramways and Electric Power Co Ltd also owned the Snaefell Mountain Railway, the Douglas and Laxey Coast Electric Tramway and the Upper Douglas Tramway, the latter also being purchased by Douglas Corporation following liquidation of the 'IoMT&EPC'.
In the absence of specific 'tramway' or indeed 'transport' pattern buttons, it would appear that Douglas Corporation used this untitled button for all it's services, including both its tramways. It is currently unknown what buttons (if any) were issued to staff prior to Corporation ownership, however, given that the Manx Electric Railway Company - the new owners of the 'D&LCETC' - issued standard 'tramway' pattern buttons following their take over of that system, 'DBT' staff may also have worn this style of button. This is however based on an unproven assumption that the 'MER' would have merely followed the existing uniform policy of the 'D&LCETC' and the 'IoMT&EPC'.