Chelmsford Limited

Chelmsford Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1902
resolution	1920
Seat	Chelmsford
management	Thomas Clarkson
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Chelmsford Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles and commercial vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1902 as the successor to Clarkson & Capel Steam Car Syndicate from London . Thomas Clarkson ran the company. The company was based in Chelmsford . The production of motor vehicles continued, with the commercial vehicle sector being significantly more important than the passenger car sector. The brand name was now Chelmsford . In 1903 the car production ended. In 1909 a subsidiary called the National Steam Car Company was established as a transport company in London. In 1920 the company was dissolved. Clarkson then founded Clarkson Steam Motors Ltd., which was active until 1925.

vehicles

Chelmsford Omnibus, ca.1903.

The company made steam cars. The cars were given two-cylinder engines with 12 hp . The commercial vehicles were predominantly buses . In addition, some trucks were built .

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

Commons : Chelmsford Vehicles  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Power and steam engines (accessed February 18, 2014)
• Allcarindex (accessed February 18, 2014)
• Grace's Guide (accessed February 18, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} 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 d e} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Power and Steam Engines (accessed on February 18, 2014)