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[[Image:Im1902EnV94-p587c.jpg|thumb| 1902. 40 hp racing car.]]
#redirect [[Darracq-Serpollet Omnibus Co]]
[[image:Im19030404Ac-Serpol.jpg|thumb| April 1903.]]
[[image:Im19030404Ac-Serpol2.jpg|thumb| April 1903.]]
[[Image:Im1905V100-p406.jpg|thumb| 1905. Serpollet steam wagon.]]
[[Image:Im1905V100-p406b.jpg|thumb| 1905. Steam omnibus for Paris.]]
‎‎[[Image:Im1906EnV101-p011a.jpg ‎|thumb|1906 . ]]
[[Image:Im061124MI-Darracq3.jpg|thumb| November 1906. Darracq Serpollet. ]]
[[Image:Im0701Eng-Darracq.jpg|thumb| January 1907. Steam touring car. ]]
‎‎[[Image:ImV103-p269a.jpg ‎|thumb|Steam Chassis. 1907. ]]
[[image:Im070310MCJ-DarracqSer.jpg|thumb| March 1907. ]]
[[Image:Im0703Eng-Darracq.jpg|thumb| March 1907. Steam chassis. ]]
 
of 2 Coleman Street, London.
 
* 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>
 
* 1907 '''The Metropolitan Steam Omnibus Co''' began.
 
* In five years a fleet of over 500 Darracq-Serpollet steam buses were built.
 
* This was the second largest fleet in London.
 
* By 1912 these were all replaced by ''B-type'' petrol buses, under agreement with the [[LGOC]].
 
* Three Darracq-Serpollets ran on the Isle of Wight until 1923.
 
 
 
== See Also ==
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== Sources of Information ==
<references/>
* Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris
 
 
[[Category:Commercial Vehicles]]

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