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-[[image:Im1876POWor-Longford8.jpg|thumb| 1876.]]
+#redirect [[Longford Wire, Iron and Steel Co]]
-[[Image:Im18920827St-Longford.jpg|thumb| 1892. ]]
-[[Image:Im1932Bart-p41a.jpg|thumb| 1897 Home Trainer. From 'Bartleet's Bicycle Book' No. 49.]]
-[[image:Im18980730NAI-Longford.jpg|thumb| July 1898. ]]
-[[Image:Im18980806ILN-Longford.jpg|thumb| August 1898. ]]
-[[image:Im189904CTC-Longford.jpg|thumb| April 1899. ]]
-aka Longford Wire Iron and Steel Co
-of Warrington.
-No. 49. Home Trainer; made by The Longford Wire Co., and exhibited on Stand No. 218 at the Stanley Show, November, 1897. Price 45/-. Weight 20 lbs. Fixed under the back wheel of the bicycle, the equivalent of one mile was ridden while the machine covered 15 feet.
-[[A. E. Walters]], the famous professional racing cyclist, and holder of the world's record for 24 hours (634 miles 770 yards, Paris, 1899) fulfilled a 12 weeks' engagement at the London Pavilion in 1898, pedalling the equivalent of a mile on the stage. A letter from Walters, recalling the incident, is attached to the exhibit. Purchased in Brighton. <ref>[[Bartleet's Bicycle Book]]</ref>
-== See Also ==
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-[[Category: Town - Warrington]]