Hutton and Sons (Dublin)
John Hutton & Sons of Summerhill, Dublin
Builders of high class coaches
In business 1779-1925 [1]
Originally established in Great Britain Street, moving to Summerhill in 1789 [2]
1851 Fire caused serious damage to the works [3]
1851 Built the Irish State Coach, used by Queen Victoria, now located at Buckingham Palace.
1856 Built the State Coach for the Mayor of Dublin [4]
1863 Invested in advanced machinery for large-scale production of wooden wheels [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 'John Hutton and Sons, Summerhill, Dublin, Coachbuilders 1779-1925' by Jim Cooke, Dublin Historical Record Vol. 45, No. 1 (Spring, 1992), pp. 11-27, Published by Old Dublin Society
- ↑ [1] Article 'Triumphant Carriages' in Household Words, 23 October 1852
- ↑ Dublin Evening Mail, 8 January 1851
- ↑ Freeman's Journal, 27 December 1856
- ↑ Freeman's Journal, 8 December 1863