Siemens & Halske Electric Railway, Paris Electricity Exhibition 1881

Siemens & Halske Electric Railway, Paris Electricity Exhibition 1881 is a nineteenth-century engraving documenting the Siemens & Halske electric tramway displayed at the International Exposition of Electricity, held at the Palais de l'Industrie in Paris from August to November 1881. The illustration captures period passengers and conductors aboard the open-topped tram car, its overhead wire pickup arms and lettered “Tramways Électriques Système Siemens” signage rendered in precise engraving detail.

Siemens & Halske Electric Railway, Paris Electricity Exhibition 1881. Historic Industrial Engineering Illustration Canvas Print.