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.

Bond and Cooper

From Graces Guide
1895.
May 1896.

of Crown Works, Booth Street, Handsworth

Specialised in making wire-drawing machines

Late Edward S. Bond

1907 Elf-King were motorcycles produced by them from 1907 to 1909.

This short-lived make listed a primitive model early in 1908. The engine was a 3.5hp single. There was also a model fitted with a Minerva V-twin. Similar to the car of that period, it had a crank handle to start the engine.


See Also

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Sources of Information

  • The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X
  • The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Peter Henshaw. Published 2007. ISBN 978 1 8401 3967 9
  • Birmingham’s Industrial Heritage by Ray Shill. Published by Sutton Publishing 2002. ISBN 0-7509-2593-0
  • Post Office London Directory, 1895