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 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 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.

Pennington and Baines

From Graces Guide

of 5 and 6 Great Winchester St, London EC (1900)

1898 November. Claims he has sold 347 of their cars including 100 to a single buyer.[1]

1898 November. Details and image of his new car. Front-wheel drive and rear-wheel steering with water-cooled engine under floor and a horizontal fly-wheel.[2]

1899 The company established agencies in various parts of the country for the New Pennington motor cars.

1899 Advertisement: Details of tracings with illustrations.[3]

1899 Stirling's Motor Carriages of Edinburgh advertised Pennington cars, under appointment by Pennington and Baines.[4]

1900 January. Leave for New York with a number of cars to set up a distribution agreement.[5]

1900 January. Edward Joel Pennington and William Baines, the elder carrying on business as Pennington and Baines at Hotel Grand Central, Marylebone Road, London, were declared bankrupt[6]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Autocar 1898/11/26
  2. The Autocar 1898/11/26
  3. The Autocar 1899/02/04
  4. The Autocar 1899/02/11
  5. The Autocar 1900/01/06
  6. London Gazette 18 January 1901