Companies Disestablished in 1954 - Railway Companies Disestablished in 1954, Jowett, South Germrailway Companies Disestablished in 1954, Jowett, South German Railway Company, Ward Line, Ford Saf an Railway Company, Ward Line, Ford Saf (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Railway Companies Disestablished in 1954, Jowett, South German Railway Company, Ward Line, Ford Saf, Hendre-Ddu Tramway, Wisconsin Central Railway, Skandinavisk Aero Industri, National Industrial Bank of China. Excerpt: Jowett was a car marque based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England from 1906 to 1954. Jowett lorry (1930) Jowett Javelin saloon Jowett Jupiter Tourer The company was founded by the brothers Benjamin and William Jowett who started in the cycle business and went on to make V-twin engines for driving machinery; some found their way locally into other makes of cars as replacements. In 1904 they became the Jowett Motor Manufacturing Company based in Back Burlington Street, Bradford. They designed their first car in 1906 but as their little workshop was fully occupied in general engineering activities, experiments with different engine configurations, and making the first six Scott motor cycles, it did not go into production until 1910. This car used an 816 cc flat twin water-cooled engine and three-speed gearbox with tiller steering. The body was a lightweight open two seater. Twelve vehicles were made before an improved version with wheel steering was launched in 1913 and a further 36 were made before the outbreak of the First World War when the factory was turned over to munitions manufacture. Two tiller steerers still survive. After the war the company moved to the Springfield Works, Bradford Road, Idle, outside Bradford, and they changed the company name to Jowett Cars Ltd. Car making started at the new factory in 1920. The first vehicle was the Jowett Seven using an enlarged version of the pre-war flat twin first to 831 cc and then to 907 cc in 1921. The engine developed its maximum torque at low revs and was soon famed for it... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=86813