What was the ancestral home of the Trafford family, that had a manager who was an English transport engineer who began his working life developing and building gas-powered trams?
William Henry Gaunt:  Gaunt transferred to the tramway company in 1896, and then became manager of a similar gas-powered scheme at Trafford Park in 1896. Trafford Park: Trafford Park is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, opposite Salford Quays on the southern side of the Manchester Ship Canal, 3.4 mi west-southwest of Manchester city centre and 1.3 mi north of Stretford. Trafford Park:  Until the late 19th century, it was the ancestral home of the Trafford family, who sold it to financier Ernest Terah Hooley in 1896.
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