of Stockton-on-Tees
1876 Mr Pickering exhibited a direct-acting steam pump at the Philadelphia Exhibition, olso exhibits ttpccimous of bis patent hoist nnd pntent difrorontinl pulley blockl!, which wcro cxtensivoly used by tho British Commis11ion in lifting tbo benvy articles scot for exhibition.
1905 Pickering based in Berwick-on-Tweed were founded.
Pickering had one single-decker running in Penrith and a double-decker; however this vehicle was only exhibited.
The bus had a four-cylinder Pickering engine 35-40hp and a dual ignition system.
The engine drove through a metal to leather clutch and then via a telescopic link to a three speed gearbox.
Possibly the same as Pickerings
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Sources of Information
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris