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| [[image:Im19030404Ac-Serpol.jpg|thumb| April 1903.]] | | #redirect [[Darracq-Serpollet Omnibus Co]] |
| [[image:Im19030404Ac-Serpol2.jpg|thumb| April 1903.]]
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| [[Image:Im1905V100-p406.jpg|thumb| 1905. Serpollet steam wagon.]]
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| [[Image:Im1906EnV101-p011a.jpg |thumb|1906 . ]]
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| [[Image:Im061124MI-Darracq3.jpg|thumb| November 1906. Darracq Serpollet. ]]
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| [[Image:Im0701Eng-Darracq.jpg|thumb| January 1907. Steam touring car. ]]
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| [[Image:ImV103-p269a.jpg |thumb|Steam Chassis. 1907. ]]
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| [[image:Im070310MCJ-DarracqSer.jpg|thumb| March 1907. ]]
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| [[Image:Im0703Eng-Darracq.jpg|thumb| March 1907. Steam chassis. ]]
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| of 2 Coleman Street, London.
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| * 1906 The company was registered on 17 May, with the object of constructing steam motor omnibuses and heavy traction vehicles under the patents of [[Leon Serpollet]] for the entire world, except Italy. [[Darracq| A. Darracq and Co]] were associated in the promotion. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref>
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| * 1907 '''The Metropolitan Steam Omnibus Co''' began.
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| * In five years a fleet of over 500 Darracq-Serpollet steam buses were built.
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| * This was the second largest fleet in London.
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| * By 1912 these were all replaced by ''B-type'' petrol buses, under agreement with the [[LGOC]].
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| * Three Darracq-Serpollets ran on the Isle of Wight until 1923.
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| == See Also ==
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| <what-links-here/>
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| == Sources of Information ==
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| <references/>
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| * Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris
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| [[Category:Commercial Vehicles]]
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