George Price (2)
From Graces Guide
of Wolverhampton, of George Prices Safe Co.
1855 Patented improvements in safe design and construction[1]
1856 Wrote and published "A treatise on Fire and Thief-proof Depositories and Locks and Keys." London, 1856.
1868/9 Walter Phillips and George Price had become interested in the new cycle industry but needed a skilled engineer. Phillips approached Daniel Rudge about manufacturing a velocipede he had designed. Rudge began producing cycles in a small workshop located at the rear of the Tiger Inn, with Henry Clarke supplying the wheels [2].
c.1877 George Price, a well known lock and safe maker in Cleveland Street, produced a range of bicycles. The more expensive model was the London; the cheaper model Liverpool sold for £9.10s[3]
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