IN August 1901 a state-of-the-art tram line was officially opened in and around Taunton.

The electric tramway was the newest form of transport which was to go from the junction of Alfred Street and East Reach to Rowbarton at an estimated cost of £11,000.

A more grandiose idea linking the surrounding villages was curtailed but contractors R Blackwell and Sons completed the work by August and 2,000 people travelled on it on the first evening.

By 1905 the track had become uneven and needed completely relaying and services were suspended for eight weeks and after an extension was laid from the station to Salisbury Street in Rowbarton bringing the length to 1.66 miles.

The line and system was doomed after the Great War as the cost of electricity had greatly increased and power was discontinued and closed down in 1921.

Despite closing in 1921, it wasn't until 2015 when the last tram line pole in the town was taken down.

Known as a cast iron standard, was taken down from its home in Greenway Crescent.

The standard, used to carry the overhead line, was believed to be the last remaining one in the town, with another out at Bishops Lydeard.

The post had lived part of its life as a lamp post and has now been taken down to go spend some time at the Somerset Heritage Centre in Norton Fitzwarren.