Volk's Electric Tramway

Station of the Volk's Electric Railway .

Tricycle from 1887

Volk's Electric Tramway Ltd. was a British company.

Company history

The company was founded by Magnus Volk in Brighton . It produced the world's oldest surviving railroad, Volk's Electric Railway and Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway . In 1887 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Volk . Automobile production ended in 1895. In total, only a few copies were made.

Automobiles

The company made electric cars. The first vehicle was a tricycle with a single front wheel. The 0.5 hp electric motor came from Acme & Immisch Electrical Works . The engine drove the rear axle via a chain. Job Pack from the Sussex Coach Works made the body from walnut wood . The open body offered space for four people in a dos-à-dos arrangement. The maximum speed was given as 15 km / h.

In 1895 a vehicle was built for Sultan Abdülhamid II. This vehicle had a narrow front gauge. The engine came again from Acme & Immisch and this time made 1 hp.

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 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Web links

Commons : Volk's Electric Tramway  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

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. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.