Rover: Cycles
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of Rover
- 1896 A public company, the Rover Cycle Co, was registered on 13 June, to take over the business of J. K. Starley and Co[1]. Directors: F. D. Dixon-Hartland, Alfred H. Griffiths, Richard R. Beard and J. K. Starley. The works consisted of three factories and a floor area of more than 40,000 square feet. [2]
- 1896 Other records say Harry Smith was MD at this time
- 1896/7 Directory: Listed under cycles as Rover Cycle Co. Limited of Meteor Cycle Works[3]
- Designer Edmund W. Lewis joined from Daimler
- Ernest Forrester joined as Chief Tester
- 1905 The company's name was changed in November from the Rover Cycle Co to the Rover Co.
- 1912 Listed in Spennell's directory of Coventry as Cycle Manufacturers[4]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Jun 15, 1896
- ↑ Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Cycles
- ↑ Spennell's Annual Directory of Coventry and District, 1912-13