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Ruston & Hornsby was established on the September 11th, 1918, when the to companies “Ruston, Proctor and Company” merged with “Richard Hornsby & Sons”. Aero engines 3.000 aero engines were manufactured at the factory during WWI Aeroplanes During the first world war, Ruston & Hornsby was Britain’s largest manufacturer of Sopwith Camel biplanes for the […]
Corona Fahrradwerke und Metallindustrie was established by Adolf Schmidt in 1891 The Corona factory produced cars between 1905 and 1909, manufactured under license from the Maurer-Union factory. In 1908 they began building a Coronamobil, a 3 wheeled tricycle powered by a 1 or 2 cylindre engine. Liquidated in 1932
In many countries, three wheeled vehicles were cheaper to buy, run and insure, than their four wheeled competitors. They were often taxed as motorcyckles, but could transport more goods and/or passengers. Europe Germany Corona Fahrradwerke und Metallindustrie Corona Fahhradwerke und Metallindustrie AG manufacturerd bicykles, motorbikes, cars and tricykles. Unknown
The engine factory Bukh was established by Jens Bukh and Johannes Gry, in the Danish town Hørve in 1904. After WWII they began manufacturing tractors. They began with manufacturing stationary diesel engines for industrial and farming purposes. In 1915 the factory was moved to the port city Kalundborg, where they became neighbours to Kalundborg Boatyard.They […]
A series of ticket manufacturers have made tickets for anything from buses to museums. Often these manufacturers also made the machines that stamped and dispensed the tickets. Bell Punch Company Bireka
The Blue Bird Body Company was established in 1932 in Fort Valley, Georgia, but started a few years earlier, in the Perry, Georgia Ford Dealership, where Albert Luce sold a Ford T with a wooden bus body to a customer in 1925. Unfortunately the bus wasn’t built for the rural roads in Georgia, so it […]
Commissioned by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, and built by the Bates & Rogers Construction Company in 1944. One of the many bridges, used by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad and the Illinois Central Railroad. Today the bridge is permanently open, and the tracks have long been removed. It can be seen up […]
As soon as it was possible to move passengers by air, companies began to invest in aircrafts, to get their customers from A to B. In the beginning, it was a few passengers at a time, and only shorter national flights, but later it was possible to transport hundreds at a time between distant continents. […]
The Rootes Group started as an automobile dealership in Kent, and was founded by William Rootes in 1913, and by 1924 they were the largest car and lorry distributor in the whole United Kingdom. Acquisitions Roots Group acquired a long list of British automotive brands. Hilmann Motor Car Company Limited Rootes bought the majority of […]
Since the invention of the “autobus” there have been bus companies transporting people from one part of a continent to another. Europe Denmark Bornholms Amts Trafikselskab De Bornholmske Jernbaner Københavns Sporveje England The Western and Southern National Omnibus Companies The United States of America Greyhound National City Lines National City Lines ran a series of […]
