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From: Trafford Park Two of the four gas trams stand side by side outside the depot at Barton. The nearer tram has the inspection panels open, revealing the huge flywheel, 4.5 feet in diameter and weighing half a ton. The engines, as developed by the German Dr. Otto in 1876, were manufactured by Gas Motorenfabrik Deutz of Cologne. The fuel was ordinary coal gas from the town supply, compressed to about 200 lbs pressure for storage in three cylindrical tanks bolted to the underframe. It was reduced to normal working pressure by patent ÃÃ