New Beeston Cycle Co
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of Coventry, manufacturer of motorcycles.
1896 The New Beeston Cycle Co was formed by Harry Lawson; the first works to be taken over would be Quinton Cycle Co. In a P.S. to the announcement, Lawson said this was the last Cycle Co that he intended to be connected with[1]. First motorcycle produced by an English factory. Claimed that the British Motor Co had acquired 70 patents related to motor vehicles[2].
1896 Reynold's Newspaper pointed out that there was a boom in new companies asking for large amounts from the public but which received very much less in actual subscriptions; examples were given as the Great Horseless Carriage Co and New Beeston Cycle Co[3].
1896/7 Directory: Listed under cycles. More details
1897 W. Taylor covered 100 miles in three hours and 36 minutes on a motor safety bicycle. [4]
1897 EGM of New Beeston Cycle Co held with Rowland Hill, Chairman: company in voluntary liquidation for reconstruction; formation of 2 successor companies: Beeston Cycle Company, Limited, and the Beeston Motor Company, Limited[5]
Maker of cars from 1898 under the management of Samuel Gorton - see Beeston Motor Co. Made tricycles under a licence from De Dion-Bouton
1899 J. W. Roebuck gives talk to the Coventry Engineering Society.[6]
Traded to 1910.
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] MICMA Web Site
- Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Cycles
- Coventry’s Motorcycle Heritage by Damien Kimberley. Published 2009. ISBN 978 0 7509 5125 9