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William Felton

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William Felton

It was in William Felton's carriage works in Leather Lane that Trevithick's steam-powered carriage was built.

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William Felton

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London steam carriage

William Felton's carriage works was close to this spot. In 1803 he built a ca...

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Sir Barnes Wallis

Sir Barnes Wallis

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L. G. Mouchel & Partners Ltd

L. G. Mouchel & Partners Ltd

Andrew Behan found this company, still existing  in 1961. It was an engineering company formed in 1897 by a Louis Gustave Mouchel and incorporated as a limited company in 1908. It specialised in th...

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D. H. Bennett
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Corporal Charles Train, VC

Corporal Charles Train, VC

Charles William Train. Born 58 Chatterton Road, Finsbury Park. Served in the London Regiment. On 8 December 1917 at Ein Kerem, near Jerusalem, in Ottoman controlled Palestine, when his company was...

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T. Rider and Sons

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