Remnants
There are few remnants of the once extensive tramway. The tram sheds at Tinsley and Heeley survive, as do parts of those at Holme Lane and Shoreham Street. In many places the tram tracks were not removed: the road was resurfaced over the tracks, which survive (albeit covered). An example of tracks covered in this way was uncovered and made a feature of The Moor pedestrian precinct for a time, but this was re-covered when the area was re-modelled a few years back.
There were about ten traction poles still standing in 2006, such as the matching pair in Firth Park, where there is a small section of track in the middle of the traffic island. Poles survive at Manor Top, Woodseats, Abbeydale Road, Angel Street and also the last pole outside Tinsley Depot.
On the pavement of Howard Road in Walkley, near the junction with Commonside, several manhole covers marked "Sheffield Corporation Tramway" are still in place. A manhole survives on Abbeydale Road between the junction with Sheldon Road and Abbeydale Picture House with the inscription "Sheffield Corporation Electric Tramways".
In places where the trams ran on a reserved track, such as on Abbeydale Road South and Abbey Lane at Beauchief, the reservation has been converted into a dual carriageway. The former line lives on in the name of Terminus Road, Abbeydale.
At Kelham Island, the power station that generated the electricity for system still stands and is now the Kelham Island Industrial Heritage Museum.
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