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 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 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.

Koela Producer Gas Plant Co

From Graces Guide

1933 Two Ford vans, converted by the company to run on producer gas made on board from wood charcoal, left London for a demonstration tour of the Far East; the chairman of the company, Mr Bosworth Goldman, was in charge of the trip. The fuel costs were estimated to be at least 75 percent less than use of petrol.[1]

1933 Incorporated as a public company[2]

1939 Fuel for Road Vehicles

1939 Brush Electrical Engineering Co acquired manufacturing rights to the Koela gas producer from the company. It was marketed under the name Brush-Koela[3]

1948 Removed from the register of companies

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Aug. 25, 1933
  2. The Times Aug. 30, 1933
  3. The Times May 24, 1940