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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Railless Electric Traction Co

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of Moorgate Street, London E.C.

1908 Set up to promote trolleybuses. It had no manufacturing of its own and used chassis by James and Browne and later by Alldays and Onions.[1]

1911 Supplied rail-less trams to Leeds Tramways

c.1924 Acquired by Short Brothers[2]

1926 Supplied 3 electric trolleybuses on hire to Ipswich Corporation.


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. Edited by G. N. Georgano
  2. Obituary of Alfred Cook