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Company formed by [[George Frederick Milnes]] | Company formed by [[George Frederick Milnes]] | ||
1888 Supplied 2 tramcars to the [[Blackburn and Over-Darwen Tramway]] | |||
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...'<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27018/page/6323 The London Gazette Publication date:28 October 1898 Issue:27018 Page:6323]</ref> | 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...'<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27018/page/6323 The London Gazette Publication date:28 October 1898 Issue:27018 Page:6323]</ref> | ||
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[[Category: Cars]] | [[Category: Cars]] | ||
[[Category: Commercial Vehicles]] | [[Category: Commercial Vehicles]] | ||
[[Category: Trams]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:16, 24 April 2018
of Birkenhead
Company formed by George Frederick Milnes
1888 Supplied 2 tramcars to the Blackburn and Over-Darwen Tramway
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 January. Details and image of the motor service vehicle supplied to Portsmouth and Gosport Motors.[3]
1902 April. Details of a brewer's motor van for Pike, Spicer and Co.[4]
1902 October. Detailed report on their voiturette.[5]
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.