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.

Madison Engine Co

From Graces Guide
July 1903.
November 1903.
c1905.

Madison was a motorcycle attachment manufactured in Derby, in 1903.

1903 The device was made to fit any standard roadster bicycle. These were rated at 2 and 3 hp. The firm also made machined castings and soon returned to this business, after which nothing more was heard of the attachment.

1903 Introduced the NEW Madison type S in 0.5 to 0.75 hp rating

1906 Range of engines from 1/8th to 50 hp.

1908 Changed name to Woolrych Street Foundry

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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