Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Producer Gas Plants

From Graces Guide

Producer Gas Plants Ltd, of Piccadilly, London

1917 Company formed to take over and develop Parker Producer Patents[1]

1921 Public company incorporated to make portable producer gas plants which could be fitted to vehicles[2]. Demonstrated two 3-ton lorries driven by producer gas plants on board the vehicles; the gas plant had been invented by Mr J W Parker and designed by Mr H W Bamber. The lorries were fuelled by coke which meant that running costs were much less than for petrol vehicles[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Jul 27, 1921
  2. The Times, Jul 27, 1921
  3. The Times, Apr 28, 1921