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[[Image:Im1901Eing-Milnes.jpg|thumb| 1901. ]] | [[Image:Im1901Eing-Milnes.jpg|thumb| 1901. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20110804Cr-GFMilnes.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Crich Tramway Museum]]. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im20110804Cr-i306.jpg|thumb| 1902. Hill of Howth 10. Exhibit at [[Crich Tramway Museum]]. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im020111Auto-Milnes.jpg|thumb| January 1902. ]] | [[Image:Im020111Auto-Milnes.jpg|thumb| January 1902. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im19021101AC-MilnesMotors.jpg|thumb| November 1902. ]] | [[Image:Im19021101AC-MilnesMotors.jpg|thumb| November 1902. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1903MA-Milnes.jpg|thumb| 1903.]] | [[image:Im1903MA-Milnes.jpg|thumb| 1903.]] | ||
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Company formed by [[George Frederick Milnes]] | Company formed by [[George Frederick Milnes]] | ||
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1901 Entered two 6hp [[Daimler]] lorries in the trials run by the [[Liverpool Self-propelled Traffic Association|Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association]] was awarded a Gold Medal and a Certificate against the competition from steam driven vehicles. | 1901 Entered two 6hp [[Daimler]] lorries in the trials run by the [[Liverpool Self-propelled Traffic Association|Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association]] was awarded a Gold Medal and a Certificate against the competition from steam driven vehicles. | ||
1901 December. Details of the steam lorry for military purposes.<ref>[[The Autocar 1901/12/14]]</ref> | |||
1902 Detailed report on their voiturette.<ref> [[Automotor Journal 1902/10/25]]</ref> | 1902 Detailed report on their voiturette.<ref> [[Automotor Journal 1902/10/25]]</ref> | ||
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[[Category: Town - | [[Category: Town - Birkenhead]] | ||
[[Category: Automotive Components | [[Category: Automotive Components]] | ||
[[Category: Cars]] | [[Category: Cars]] | ||
[[Category: Commercial Vehicles]] | [[Category: Commercial Vehicles]] | ||
Revision as of 06:49, 26 March 2018
of Birkenhead
Company formed by George Frederick Milnes
1898 Partnership change. '... the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, George Frederick Milnes and Albert Hughes, at 227 to 241, Cleveland-street, Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, as Tramway Carriage Builders, under the style of George F. Milnes and Co., has been dissolved...'[1]
Daimler products were sold in the British Empire in a partnership with George F. Milnes and Co called Milnes-Daimler.
1901 Entered two 6hp Daimler lorries in the trials run by the Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association was awarded a Gold Medal and a Certificate against the competition from steam driven vehicles.
1901 December. Details of the steam lorry for military purposes.[2]
1902 Detailed report on their voiturette.[3]
WWI Though the Milnes-Daimler company met success in selling buses throughout the British Empire, the partnership between Daimler and Milnes had to be undone due to the First World War.
Milnes-Daimler were eventually sold just as chassis with Milnes bodies.