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British Industrial History
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General Electric Power and Traction Co
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of Kentish Town, London
1890 Hoping for a large scale expansion of electric traction on the existing horse-drawn tramways, Immisch and Co, together with the Electric Traction Co chaired by Viscount Bury, sold themselves to the General Electric Power and Traction Co.
1890 Electric Construction Corporation granted a licence to General Electric Power and Traction Co to use its traction patents and also agreed to supply GEPT with accumulators[1].
1893 Thomas Parker was one of the directors of the company.[2]
1894 The company foundered due to its reliance on applying rechargeable batteries for traction, with their high costs of maintenance in a small installation. The company was overcapitalized and was wound up in 1894.