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'''Frederick Bremer''' ([[12 July]] [[1872]] - [[1941]]) was an English engineer and inventor known for building (with assistant, Tom Bates) the first British petrol driven car, claimed in 1912 by the British "Motor" Magazine. In 1894 he took his car on the roads of Walthamstow, his home town since 1888 when the Bremer family moved to 1 Connaught Road, E17, the house which now bears Bremer's blue Heritage commemorative plaque. |
'''Frederick William Bremer''' ([[12 July]] [[1872]] - [[1941]]) was an English engineer and inventor known for building (with assistant, Tom Bates) the first British petrol driven car, claimed in 1912 by the British "Motor" Magazine. In 1894 he took his car on the roads of Walthamstow, his home town since 1888 when the Bremer family moved to 1 Connaught Road, E17, the house which now bears Bremer's blue Heritage commemorative plaque. |
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Bremer donated his car in 1933 to the [[Vestry House Museum]] in [[Walthamstow]], where it still resides today. |
Bremer donated his car in 1933 to the [[Vestry House Museum]] in [[Walthamstow]], where it still resides today. |
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Revision as of 10:13, 29 May 2007
Frederick William Bremer (12 July 1872 - 1941) was an English engineer and inventor known for building (with assistant, Tom Bates) the first British petrol driven car, claimed in 1912 by the British "Motor" Magazine. In 1894 he took his car on the roads of Walthamstow, his home town since 1888 when the Bremer family moved to 1 Connaught Road, E17, the house which now bears Bremer's blue Heritage commemorative plaque.
Bremer donated his car in 1933 to the Vestry House Museum in Walthamstow, where it still resides today.
In 1964 the Bremer Car was entered into the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run enlisted as car number 1, but the crankshaft broke afer 17 miles. The next year, again as car number 1, it completed the 54 mile course in just under eight hours.
Frederick Bremer died in 1941 and is buried at St Mary's Church, Walthamstow.