Heritage Week Exhibition 2024- Dublin Blessington Steam Tram Exhibition

For this Year we originated and designed a new exhibition for Blessington Historical Society on the Dublin to Blessington Steam Tram (1882-1930). This unique railway was a vital transport network linking Dublin and Blessington in the latter part of the 19th and early part of the twentieth century. It tells the story of this unique Tram system between Terenure in Dublin and Blessington and Poulaphouca in West Wicklow and captures this unique period in history.

Collaborating with heritage Interpretative designers Eamon Sinnott & Partners, Naas – this exhibition recreates the history of this line through the designers’ unique and detailed 3D Illustrations featuring tram locomotives, carriages and Tram Stations which capture steam travel in a bygone era and the associated industrial archaeology and architectural heritage of this uniqueTramline.

 

The line started in Terenure and proceeded via Templeogue, Tallaght, The Embankment and Brittas to Blessington, a distance of 15.5 miles. As a light railway the line was constructed as a single track alongside the public road and not on a dedicated railway track.

 

Several passing places and sidings were also included. The line used the standard gauge of 5 feet, 3 inches, and was completed at a cost of £89,500. The first train left Terenure on 1st August 1888 and the last tram left Blessington on the 31st. December 1930.

National Heritage Week – 17th-25th August 2024
Blessington Tourist Office, Unit 8, Newtown Square, Blessington Demesne, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, W91 ED72
Monday to Thursday 10 am to 4 pm – Friday 10 am to 9 pm Saturday 9 am to 4 pm– Sunday 10 am to 4 pm