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 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.

Albert Bridge Garage

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Albert Bridge Garage, Chelsea, London.

1922-24. The Alberford was a car manufactured in Chelsea. Marketed as "the ideal owner-driver car" it was based on a lengthened and possibly lowered chassis from a Model T Ford with wire wheels and a Rolls-Royce type radiator. The engine was converted to overhead valve and a top speed of 75 mph (120 km/h) was claimed. Prices ranged from £253 for a two-seater to £500 for a saloon.

1922 Lionel Rutherford Nicholson of the Albert Bridge Garage. [1]

1930 Albert Bridge Garage destroyed by fire. Fifty cars lost.[2][3]

1934 Arnold William Knight of the Albert Bridge Garage.[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 24 November 1922
  2. Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Friday 28 February 1930
  3. Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Friday 28 February 1930
  4. Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 31 August 1934