PhillyVoice: Help restore a piece of Wildwood Boardwalk history: Fundraiser underway to save retired tram car

Taylor Henry
2 days ago
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December 16, 2025

Money raised by the Wildwood Historical Society will cover the engine's restoration along with the costs to transport the tram car and create the display for it at the museum. There's also the expensive problem of getting the tram inside the historical society's building: Henry told the Cape May County Herald the entrances to the museum are not big enough to fit the tram car.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/wildwood-tram-car-fundraiser-historical-society-new-jersey/

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