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These simple battery locomotives were some of the last narrow gauge locomotives to be made, and some are still in industrial use. Their preservation largely came after the steam and internal combustion locomotives had been preserved with the realisation that they are also a part of the same story and
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The radio component part of the business was run under a subsidiary, Polar Ltd, formed in 1925. In mid-1928 they opened the Polar Works and they used the "Polar" trademark for the variable capacitors. The Polar business was sold off to
Jackson Brothers (London) Ltd of Croydon at the end of 1980,
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William Rogers patented a controller for electric vehicles in June 1919, and about the same time he teamed up with
Charles William Wingrove to form Wingrove & Rogers Ltd. Their company manufactured the controller used on the electric vehicles manufactured by British Electric Vehicles of
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In 1922 the company started patenting items associated with radio tuning such as variable condensers, and this became an important part of the business, with several related patents until the advent of Wprld War II, and production for the armed forces during the war.
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British Electric Vehicles in 1926 they produced electrically powered factory trolleys, and narrow gauge railway locomotives, used in factories and mines. In 1929 it was also reported that they marketed electric road vehicles made by
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during which they supplied the armed forces. In 1926 they amalgamated with
British Electric Vehicles Ltd, and moved the electric vehicle production from Southport to Liverpool where they made vehicles such as electrically motorised trolleys and
1278:, William Rogers & Charles William Wingrove, "Improvements in or relating to adjusting or regulating means or apparatus more particularly for use in connection with instrument work", published 1924-01-07
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Wingrove & Rogers sold their electric vehicle and locomotive business to
Pikrose & Co Ltd in 1989, and then the company was put into voluntary liquidation. Pikrose were a long established firm founded by
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Concord Tin Mines, Truro, then Carnarvon Mining Co. Ltd., Clogau Gold Mine
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Amalgamation, Liverpool Journal of Commerce, 5 Oct 1926, p4
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Morwellham & Tamar Valley Trust, Morwellham Quay
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Wingrove & Rogers battery-electric locomotive No. 4998 at
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The locomotive type designations were based on weight :
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Preserved in 2007, at the Springfield Agricultural Railway
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Business Briefing, Liverpool Echo, 31 December 1980, p9
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397:Redland Brick Ltd, North Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey
334:Redland Brick Ltd, North Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey
1246:Legal Notices, Liverpool Echo, 27 July 1989, p46
1323:Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom
1293:An Electric Van, Commercial Motor, 17 Sep 1929
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223:Moseley Industrial NG Tramway & Museum
1104:Preserved at the Lea Bailey Light Railway
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661:Cable Street Rolling Mills, Wolverhampton
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309:Scapa Flow Visitor Centre, Lyness
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114:1.5ton Types WR5 and WR5L
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991:Twyford Waterworks Trust
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295:2 ft 6 in
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277:Force Crag Baryte Mine
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80:Manchester
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172:Notes
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