Bridgwater Motor Company

Bridgwater Motor Company Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1887
resolution	1994
Seat	Eastover, Bridgwater
Branch	Automobiles

Bridgwater Motor Company was a British distributor and manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company emerged from Harry Carver's Cycle Works , founded in East Quay in 1887 . In 1900 the repair of motorcycles and automobiles began. In 1902 the distribution of vehicles of the brands De Dion-Bouton and MMC was added. In 1904 the company moved to Eastover near Bridgwater . The production of own automobiles ran from 1905 to 1908. The brand name was Bridgwater . A total of eleven or twelve vehicles were built. Another source lists exactly eleven vehicles. The company existed as a dealer for Austin and Renault until 1994.

vehicles

The vehicles are based on chassis from Malicet & Blin . Built-in motors were purchased from Établissements Ballot and White & Poppe . One source names the models 16/20 HP and 24/30 HP with ballot motors as well as 12 HP and 14 HP . All engines were four-cylinder engines with a T-head . Raworth & Co. manufactured the bodies from the same location.

Vehicle overview

First registration	model	construction	Mark	admitted to
03/08/1905	12 HP	Tonneau with side access	Y 328	Cyril Chester Master from Bridgwater
05/11/1905	16 HP	Brougham	Y 360	Edgar Harry Watson from Taunton
07/11/1905	24 HP	Double phaeton	Y 167	Philip Francis C. Elwes from Somerton
07.09.1905	18/18 HP	Touring car	AO 571	C. Capel from Gloucester
10/06/1905	14 HP	Tonneau	Y 420	Enid Mortimer Bernard from Oakfield
04/23/1906	16/20 HP	Double phaeton	Y 492	Bridgwater Motor Company
06/17/1907	16 HP	Tonneau with side access	Y 684	Bridgwater Motor Company
08/19/1907	16/20 HP	Double phaeton	Y 716	Bridgwater Motor Company
11/17/1908	16/20 HP	Double phaeton	Y 900	Bridgwater Motor Company
11/17/1908	16/20 HP	Double phaeton	Y 901	Bridgwater Motor Company
12/30/1908	16/20 HP	Double phaeton	Y 916	Bridgwater Motor Company

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Web links

• Rod Fitzhugh: The Bridgwater Motor Car. (English, accessed February 15, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ ^{A b c} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ ^{A b} Rod Fitzhugh: The Bridgwater Motor Car. ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed February 15, 2014)