Fowler, Preston & Company

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Phoenix Foundry
Fowler, Preston & Company Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1758
resolution 1947 or 1948
Seat Bromborough
Branch mechanical engineering

Fowler, Preston & Company Ltd. was a British company in the mechanical engineering . At times, automobiles were also made .

Company history

George Perry founded a warehouse in Liverpool in 1758 . This later became the Phoenix Foundry company . William Fawcett bought the company in 1794 and renamed it in Fawcett & Co. to. Around 1820 it became Fawcett, Preston . In 1907 the company was Fowler, Preston & Company Ltd. The company manufactured automobiles between 1907 and 1909. The brand name was Fawcett-Fowler . In 1935 the company moved to Bromborough . Metal Industries Group took over in 1947 or 1948 .

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . The 20/25 HP model had a four-cylinder engine under the bonnet and the boiler above the rear axle. The open touring car offered space for five people. The round condenser on the front of the first vehicles was reminiscent of the round radiator grille of some gasoline cars such as B. from Delaunay-Belleville . The front later resembled vehicles from the Daimler Motor Company .

For the model 12 HP one was range specified km of about 240th

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c d e power and steam engines (accessed on February 22, 2014)
  4. ↑ Grace's Guide (accessed February 22, 2014)