Marty Liboff All Aboard the Tram Free Venice Beachhead, 394, August 2014, p. 7
By 1920 the trams were electric battery powered. They ran from Windward Ave. and the Venice Pier, to the Ocean Park Pier, and then to the Santa Monica Pier, and back. Believe it or not, when I was a kid, the Ocean Front Walk continued straight to the Santa Monica Pier with the shops, homes and hotels just like in Venice.
In 1923, the Venice Tram Company was formed. By the 1930s, the trams had 4 cylinder, Ford Model A engines and canopy tops. There were also similar 4 cylinder, Chevy engines. The seats faced toward the ocean or shops plus a back seat.