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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Straker Steam Vehicle Co

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Petrol Electric Chassis. 1907.

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Petrol Electric Chassis. 1907.

Builders of Traction Engines and other steam vehicles, of London and Bristol

1901 Company formed by Sidney Straker and Lionel Robert Littler Squire[1]

1901 Exhibited one vehicle at the War Department trials[2]

1902 Steam wagon built.

1903 Showed 3 steam vehicles at the Crystal Palace Automobile Show[3]

1905 Vehicles by Straker and Squire and Straker Steam Vehicle Co were shown at the Olympia Exhibition[4]

1906 The company's name was changed to Sidney Straker and Squire Ltd[5] [6]

None of these engines have been preserved.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Feb 24, 1915
  2. The Times, Dec 05, 1901
  3. The Times, Jan 31, 1903
  4. The Times, Feb 13, 1905
  5. The Times, Feb 24, 1915
  6. The Times, Apr 11, 1906
  • Traction Engine Album by Malcolm Ranieri. Pub 2005