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 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 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.

Hub Two-Speed Gear Co

From Graces Guide
March 1904.

of Greengate, Salford

Maker of two-speed cycle hubs.

1900 January. Exhibited at the Cycle Show at Bingley Hall [1]

1902 William Reilly had assigned the intellectual rights to his future gear designs to the Hub Two-Speed Gear Co. He left the company this year; also had designed a 3-speed hub gear which was patented under the name of James Archer.

1903 Hub Two-Speed Gear Co Ltd, 8 Collier Street. Walter Goodbrand Chairman. [2]

1903 August 1st. Notice of winding up of the Hub Two-Speed Gear Company Ltd. [3]

1906 November. Exhibit at the Stanley Show. [4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Birmingham Daily Post, Friday, January 26, 1900
  2. Slater's Manchester, Salford & Suburban Directory, 1903. [Part 3: Trades & Official Directories, etc.]
  3. The Times, Saturday, Aug 01, 1903
  4. The Times, Saturday, Nov 24, 1906