Bristol Wagon Works Co
From Graces Guide
Wagon works of Bristol.
1866 March. Announcement of the proposed company. To purchase the business of A. and T. Fry. Directors to be: [1]
- George Rocke Woodward - Director of the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Co
- John Chetwood Aitken - Stukey's Banking Co
- Francis Fry - Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
- John Hare Leonard - Leonard, Warren and Co
- Joseph Dodge Weston - Director of the Patent Nut and Bolt Co
- Albert Fry - Director of A. and T. Fry.
1866 The company was registered on 23 November.
1871 Employing around 500 men and Albert Fry is Managing Director [2]
1873 The 8th ordinary general meeting. Joseph D. Weston is Chairman and Albert Fry is Managing Director [3]
1876 Bristol Wagon Co is an exhibitor at the Smithfield Club Show with wagons and carts [4]
1878 The 13th general meeting held. Joseph D. Weston is Chairman and Albert Fry as Managing Director. The sub-manager Mr Gatwood had died the previous year. Times were difficult for the business. [5]
1889 Renamed as Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works Co
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