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Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works

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The Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works was a manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons, agricultural machinery and stationary engines, based in Bristol. [1]

20 relations: Bristol, Bristol Omnibus Company, Carriage, City and South London Railway, England, John Fowler (agricultural engineer), Lawrence Hill, Bristol, Leeds, Leeds Forge Company, Lister Petter, Member of parliament, Metro Cammell, Patent, Rail transport, Red flag traffic laws, Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Smithfield Show, Stationary engine, Thornycroft, Wagon.

Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Bristol Omnibus Company

The Bristol Omnibus Company was the dominant bus operator in Bristol, and was one of the oldest bus companies in the United Kingdom.

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Carriage

A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn; litters (palanquins) and sedan chairs are excluded, since they are wheelless vehicles.

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City and South London Railway

The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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John Fowler (agricultural engineer)

John Fowler (11 July 1826 – 4 December 1864) was an English agricultural engineer who was a pioneer in the use of steam engines for ploughing and digging drainage channels.

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Lawrence Hill, Bristol

Lawrence Hill is an electoral ward of Bristol, United Kingdom.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Leeds Forge Company

The Leeds Forge Company manufactured corrugated furnaces for marine steam engine boilers and later, pressed steel railway vehicles, in Leeds, England.

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Lister Petter

Lister Petter is a British company that manufactures internal combustion engines for industry, a subsidiary of Birmingham, England based EGL Group.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Metro Cammell

The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company (MCCW) was an English manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons, based in Saltley and subsequently Washwood Heath in Birmingham.

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Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Red flag traffic laws

Red flag laws were laws in the United Kingdom and the United States enacted in the late 19th century, requiring drivers of early automobiles to take certain safety precautions, including waving a red flag in front of the vehicle as a warning.

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Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

The Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway was one of the most distinctive aspects of the narrow gauge line which ran for almost twenty miles across Exmoor in North Devon, England, from 1898 to 1935.

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Smithfield Show

The Smithfield Show, formerly the Smithfield Club Cattle Show and later the Royal Smithfield Show, was an annual British agricultural show, organised by the Royal Smithfield Club.

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Stationary engine

A stationary engine is an engine whose framework does not move.

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Thornycroft

Thornycroft was a United Kingdom-based vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977.

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Wagon

A wagon (also alternatively and archaically spelt waggon in British and Commonwealth English) is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans (see below), used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Wagon_%26_Carriage_Works

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