Vauxhall Motors

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Newman University), Louise McDonald (Newman University)

Domains

Industrial Developments

Dates

Date of occurrence 1857-1925

Places

United Kingdom (Location)

The Heroic Phase

The history of Vauxhall Motors traces the arc of British engineering between the mid-nineteenth century and the end of the twentieth. Vauxhall began life in 1857 at 90-92 Wandsworth Road in Vauxhall, on the south bank of the Thames in London, a site suitably close to the nascent railways, and to the river. The company was founded by Alexander Wilson, a Scottish maker of pumps and marine steam engines. From 1863 his factory became known as the “Vauxhall Iron Works”. The company made its first motorcar in 1903 and in 1906 hired an ambitious and intelligent 22-year old assistant draughtsman named Laurence Pomeroy.

As in many Edwardian novels, Pomeroy was a bit of a whizz (a …

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Vauxhall Motors". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 February 2018 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19517, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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