Paris Singer
From Graces Guide
of 165, Manor-st., Clapham, S.W.
Brother to Washington Singer
1896 Paris E. Singer adapted a Dawson engine for a motor car
1898 Company registered. The Dawson Gas Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. was restyled Paris Singer, Ltd., specialists in high-speed direct-coupled gas engines and dynamos.
The firm equipped the Manor Street (Clapham) Electric Station which, though small, was the first public lighting station to be driven by high-speed vertical gas engines with direct-coupled dynamos.
1900 The company was voluntarily wound up[1]
1903 William John Crampton was appointed as Electrical Engineer, under Mr. Paris Singer, for King Edward VII's electrical installation at Sandringham.
See Also
- 1898-1899 Automotor: Index
- 1899-1900 Automotor: Index
- 1900 Automotor Pocket Book: Companies
- 1900 Automotor Pocket Book: Directory
- 1901 Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland: June Conference
- 1902 Car Illustrated v1: Index
- 1905 ACGBI: Committees
- Dawson Gas Engine Syndicate
- F. R. Cheswright
- H. T. Dawson and Son
- Paris Eugene Singer
- Paris Singer and Co
- R. Beadon
- Robert Malcolm Campbell
- Selwyn Francis Edge
- UK Manufacturers: Road Vehicles: Internal Combustion: Pre-WWI
- Washington Singer
- William John Crampton
Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette 24 July 1900