Did London ever have horsecars?

In Joseph Conrad's novel The Secret Agent, which was published in 1907 but is set in the 1880s, there are a number of references to horse-drawn omnibuses, which seem to be mostly double-deckers. However, there are no horse-drawn trams mentioned.

Thanks for any information!

Paul1705 wrote:In Joseph Conrad's novel The Secret Agent, which was published in 1907 but is set in the 1880s, there are a number of references to horse-drawn omnibuses, which seem to be mostly double-deckers. However, there are no horse-drawn trams mentioned.

Thanks for any information!

Yes, I think so.
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/m ... revolution
But note that that page says there were no trams in the 1890s, which surprises me.

I can remember the last of the trams in the 1940s.

I did find this. There were horsecars beginning in 1860, even though they weren't mentioned in the novel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_London

Apparently there were no electric trams until 1901, which was about five or ten years later than was common in most American cities.

Paul1705 wrote:I did find this. There were horsecars beginning in 1860, even though they weren't mentioned in the novel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_London

Apparently there were no electric trams until 1901, which was about five or ten years later than was common in most American cities.

Isn't that normal for anything on the island?