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.

London Road Car Co

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1880 Incorporated as the London and District Omnibus Co.

1881 Started horse-bus operation in London. The company introduced garden seats and tickets on buses[1].

The company became the second largest horse bus company in London.

1890 Company extant [2]

1902 The company's experiments inaugurated the second era of steam buses

1902 March: Details of the steam omnibus made by the Thornycroft Steam Wagon Co.[3]

1909 Amalgamated with the London General Omnibus Co and Vanguard Motorbus Co


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Sources of Information

  1. Key Dates in the History of London Transport, by Transport for London
  2. The Times, Thursday, Jan 02, 1890
  3. The Autocar 1902/03/01