Marriott Cycle Company

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Marriott Cycle Company Ltd. was a British manufacturer of bicycles , motorcycles and automobiles .

Company history

John Marriott founded the company. It was based initially at 16 Sampson Road North in Birmingham , later in Hay Mills near Birmingham, and a sales agency at 71 Queen Street in London . It was already making bicycles at the end of the 19th century. Motorcycles followed later. In 1901 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Marriott . Automobile production ended in 1902.

Automobiles

Quadricycles were on offer . A single-cylinder engine of De Dion-Bouton 2.75 hp power powered vehicles.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .