EB Wilson's Railway Foundry produced locomotives for many of the early railway comapnies as well as a number of overseas orders including several important orders for Spain and India. Many of their locomotives were based on the popular Jenny Lind design. The company also experimented with marine engines and road steam.
Made 'electric vehicles, trucks and locomotives' at their Prospect Works in Otley between 1914 and 1933
One of the best known of the Leeds firms having produced many notable designs such as the Austerity 0-6-0STs and the Quarry Hunslets, this company's varied products were supplied all over the world. Parts were also supplied to other builders including gear boxes to BR Swindon for the class 14 0-6-0DH locos. Babcock and Wilcox built a few Hunslet locomotives in Spain under licence.
Made an 8hp cyclecar in 1913 called "The Leo" which was sold by Derry & Toms of Kensington.
This company carried out pioneering work into Railless trams, or trollybuses as they became better known, from a small works and office on Balm Road.
The Korte car was produced by Rice & Co. Ltd of Low Hall Mills, Holbeck between 1903 - 1905
Charles Roe began by making trailers for locally produced traction engines produced and bodies for commercial vehicles in a rented works on Balm Road. They went on to make large numbers of bus bodies in a much larger works in Cross Gates.
Sterling Engineering produced a few cycle-cars powered by a JAP V2 8hp engine
Produced Dennell motorcycles from 1906 to 1908
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EBW
EB Wilson
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Elect
Electromobile (Leeds)
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HE
Hunslet Engine Co
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Leo
The Bishop and Fuller Manufacturing Co Ltd
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RET
Railless Electric Traction Company
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Rice
Rice
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ROE
Charles Roe
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Ster
Sterling Engineering
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West
West Leeds Motor Co
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