Albone, Daniel [Dan] (1860–1906), cycle and motor tractor manufacturer, was born at the Ongley Arms inn, Shortmead Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, on 12 September 1860, the fourth son and youngest of eight children of Edward Albone (d. 1864), publican and market gardener, and his wife, ...
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Albone, Daniel [Dan] (1860–1906), cycle and motor tractor manufacturer
Andrew Minney
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Daniel Albone (1860–1906) by unknown photographer, c.1902 © Biggleswade History Society
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Aveling, Thomas (1824–1882), engineer and manufacturer of steamrollers
Jonathan Brown
Aveling, Thomas (1824–1882), engineer and manufacturer of steamrollers, was born at Elm, near Wisbech, on 11 September 1824, the eldest of three sons of Thomas Aveling (1801–1835), a landowner, and his wife, Ann Hobson (1802–1873). The obstetric physician James Hobson Aveling...
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Lofting, John (c. 1659–1742), merchant and manufacturer of engines
K. R. Fairclough
Lofting, John (c. 1659–1742), merchant and manufacturer of engines, was a native of the Netherlands, one of at least two brothers. He later recorded that he 'lived seven years at Amsterdam with one of the masters of the fire engines there, and is thoroughly acquainted with the methods practised in those parts in quenching of fires...
