




of 168 Dalston Road, London
1890 Herbert Churchill Capel started in business in London, trading as Messrs. Capel and Co., engineers and gas-engine manufacturers
1895 Erected new works in Dalston, equipped for the production of gas and oil engines on the American system of manufacture.
1898 Petrol-engined car designed by Herbert Capel of the Clarkson and Capel Steam Car Syndicate
Car manufacture taken up by the Creek Street Engineering Co, Deptford
1899 The XL four-cycle horizontal engine introduced in a range from 0.5 to 14 nhp
1900 Capel's Motor Carriage. Illustration and article on this early car [1]
1934 The company moved to Harrison Works, Halstead, Essex where they introduced the 6 bhp twin oil engine
1936 production of the petrol engine ceased
1956 Re-entered the I.C. engine market
1960 The company closed
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1900/08/03 p113