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 167,701 pages of information and 247,103 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.

Empress Motor Car and Aviation Co

From Graces Guide

1909. November. Empress Motor Car and Aviation Co., Ltd. — Capital £15,000, in £1 shares (5,000 6 per Cent, cumulative preference). Formed to acquire the business carried on by W. D. Korsdike at 180, Stockport Road, Manchester, as the Empress Motor Co.

1909 John Alcock was an apprentice at the Empress Motor Works[1]

1910 Exhibited several cars, an aeroplane rotary engine and a monoplane[2]

Empress Motor Works of Manchester (Stockport) built aeroplanes and rotary engines designed by the Works Manager, Charles Fletcher.


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Jun 16, 1919
  2. The Times, Feb 22, 1910