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THE TRAMWAYS OF BRAZIL (1748 words) |
 | The bridge that the tramway used to cross the river was built by the Anglo-Brazilian Iron Company under the supervision of Kermit Roosevelt, son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Theodore visited his son in Piraju in October 1913 and both left the area soon after, long before the tramway opened. |
| The tramway was sold in 1921 to Marcos Rolim, a local industrialist, and in 1925 to the region's electricity outfit, Companhia Luz e Força Santa Cruz – which was controlled by the Votorantim Corporation of Sorocaba. |
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