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 | | In September 1897 the Blackburn Corporation Tramways Act (1897) was submitted to Parliament, an agreement between the Company and the Corporation being reached and signed on September 11th. |
 | | Towards the end of 1898 notice was given by both Blackburn and Darwen Corporations to the Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company Limited to state their intentions to take up the option to purchase the system, as under the terms of the Acts of 1870 and 1880. |
 | | The purchasing of the two Companies had cost Blackburn Corporation a total of £109,000, which although of-set, albeit very small, by the sale of the steam engines, trailers and other items, for £7,179.14s.4d., was to be a great burden on the Corporations finances during the early years of electric operation, as will be seen later. |
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