Carter Brothers
From Graces Guide
Carter Brothers of Bridge Street Iron Works, later Mellor Street Iron Works, Rochdale
1891 Engineers and millwrights [1]
1906-09 Produced some steam vehicles.[2]. The steam lorries had compound engines developing 35 bhp at 450 rpm, with three gears giving 1.5, 3 and 6 mph at 450 rpm. The boilers were made by T. Balmforth and Co.[3]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Directory 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners
- ↑ Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. Edited by G. N. Georgano
- ↑ 'The Development of the English Steam Wagon' by Ronald H. Clark, Goose & Son, 1963