1897 The Engineer Horseless Carriage Competition

This was a competition run by the proprietors of The Engineer, held at the Crystal Palace. The judges were Sir Frederick Bramwell, John Aspinall and Dr. John Hopkinson. ^[1]

Route published. Crystal Palace to Birmingham and back. 263 miles.^[2]

Cancelled.^[3] Images and information. Judge was H. Graham Harris^[4]

CLASS A

The Electric Motive Power Co, 16, Elm-street, Gray's Inn-road.
The London and Glasgow Motor Car Syndicate, 11, Queen Victoria-street, E.C.
New and Mayne, Palace- chambers, Bridgestreet, Westminster.
Clement Richardson, 128, Stephen's-green, Dublin.
G. F. G. Des Vignes and Co, Orleans Works, Teddington.
John Isaac Thornycroft, Eyot Villa, Chis wick Mall, Chiswick.
The Dorset Iron Foundry Co, West Quay-road, Poole.
Edward Joel Pennington, Bramlea, Hersham-road, Walton-on Thames.
W. J. Perrett, The Laurels, Romford. I
W. H. Barker, 37, Haverstock-hill, N.W.
William Baines, 5 and 6, Great Winchester-street, London, E.C.
John Fielding, Upton Saint Leonarda, Gloucester.
The McDonald Patent Battery Syndicate, 4, North Saint David-street, Edinburgh.
The Clarkson and Capel Steam Car Syndicate, Deverell-street, Great Dover-street, E .C.
J. Irving Courtenay, 4, Great Winchester-street, E.C.
Douglas Neale, 21, Rutland-square, Edinburgh.
Roots and Venables, lOO,Westminster Bridge-road, S.W.
Higgins, Bessemer, Nicholson and Co, 127, Brixtonbill, s.w.
The Romiley Engineering Co, Hatherlow Wharf, Romiley.
Henry Sharp, 43, Broadway, Deptford.
Brindley, Naylor and Wilson, 5, Waterloo-road, North, Wolverhampton.
Ridley James Urquhart, 6, Clayton-square, Liverpool.
Stevenson and Shovelton, 23, School-lane, Liverpool.
H. K. Hales, cycle agent, Burslem.
Walter Jno. Hubert Jones, (J. Truman and Co.), Gloucester Works, Smithfield-passage, Birmingham.
The London Motor Car Works Co, Albert Mills, Beavor-lane, Hammersmith.

CLASS B

The Electric Motive Power Co, 16, Elmstreet, Gray's Inn-road, W.O.
James Morton Hall, 102, Dale-street, Lancaster.
J. Holt Thomas, West View, Hopwood-lane, Halifax.
New and Mayne, Palace-chambers, Bridgestreet, Westminster.
Attkinson and Philipson, Northumberland Carriage Factory, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Edward Joel Pennington, Bramlea, Hersham-road, Walton-on Thames.
W. J. Perrett, The Laurels, Romford.
Greengrass and Docking, 62, Dingwall-road, Croydon.
William Baines, 5 and 6, Great Winchester-street, E. C.
The Electric Construction Co, Bushbury, Wolverhampton.
G. Stanton, 335, Strand, W.O.
The Clarkson and Capel Steam Car Syndicate, Deverell-street, Great Dover-street, S.E.
Douglas Neale, 21, Rutland-square, Edinburgh.
Roots and Venables, 100, Westminster Bridge-road, S. W.
Accles and Sugden, 75, Queen Victoria-street, E.C.
William Henry Dugard, Vulcan Mills, Bridge street West, Birmingham.
The Yeovil Motor Car and Cycle Co, Yeovil.
J. F. Stilwell, Royal Pier Hotel, Weston-super-Mare.

CLASS C

Herbert John Dowsing, 24, Budge-row, Cannon-street, E.C.
New and Mayne, Palace-chambers, Bridgestreet, Westminster.
Enock Brothers, Coombe, Dartmouth, Devon.
Clement Richardson, 128, Stephen's-green, Dublin.
The Steam Carriage and Wagon Co, Homefield, Chiswick.
The Dorset Iron Foundry Co, West, Quay-road, Poole.
The Lancashire Steam Motor Co, Leyland.
The Prince Motor Syndicate, Limited, 147, street, E.C.
The Clarkson and Capel Steam Car Syndicate, Deverell-street, Great Dover-street, S.E.
Douglas Neale, 21, Rutland-square, Edinburgh.
The Liquid Fuel Engineering Co, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, and 20, Abchurch-lane, E.C.
The Romiley Engineering Co, Hatherlow Wharf, Romiley.
Merryweather and Sons, Greenwich Road, Greenwich.
J. F. Stilwell, Royal Pier Hotel, Weston-super-Mare.
Stevenson and Shovelton, 23, School-lane, Liverpool.

CLASS D

The Clarkson and Capel Steam Car Syndicate, Deverell-street, Great Dover-street, S.E.
Roots and Venables, 100, Westminster Bridge-road, s.w

CLASS SUPPLEMENTAL

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