Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
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British Power, Traction and Lighting Co
From Graces Guide
of Hull Road Works, York
1900 Formed as a going concern to acquire the Engineering Cycle Works Ltd, the Eclipse Brass and Copper Co Ltd, the Power Transmission and Traction Company Ltd, of Bradford, and the Disc Hub and Components Co (in Liquidation)[1]. John Edward Gibbs became manager.
A. E. Hodgson, the chairman, acquired exclusive licence to the Gardner-Serpollet patents
1901-2 Agents for Gardner-Serpollet steam vehicles
1901 April. Now manufacturing the steam carriages on a large scale at York.[2]
1902 Agents for P.T.L. Accumulators
1902 June. Description of the works for building the Gardner-Serpollet vehicles plus the vehicles. 335 persons were employed in 32,000 + 8,000 sq.ft. buildings.[3][4][5][6]
1903 Receiver appointed.[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Mar 05, 1903
- ↑ The Autocar 1901/04/06
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1902/06/28
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1902/07/05
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1902/07/12
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1902/07/19
- ↑ The Times, Mar 05, 1903