A Pengelly & Co
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| Products | Furniture Motor car bodies Railway carriage bodies Tram bodies |
A Pengelley & Co was an Australian furniture manufacturer, motor car and rolling stock body maker in Adelaide, Australia.[1] It had a three acre factory on South Road, Edwardstown.[2]
Between 1910 and 1912 it assembled D and E type trams for the Municipal Tramways Trust from knocked down kits manufactured by JG Brill Company in the United States.[3] Between 1921 and 1929, it manufactured 81 F type trams followed by 30 H types.[4]
In 1912/13, eleven Islington Railway Workshops built frames were bodied for the South Australian Railways' Holdfast Bay line.[5] In 1913, eight trams were built for the Victorian Railways.[6][7][8] In 1916 it was awarded a contract to body four D class dining carriages for the Commonwealth Railways.[9][10] In 1924/25, eight trams were built for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria's Geelong system.[11]
On 25 December 1913, much of the factory was destroyed in a fire. Only the factory that bodied railway carriages and trams survived.[2][12]
References
[edit]- ^ A Big Furniture Family Adelaide Advertiser 26 April 1910 page 6
- ^ a b Large Fire at Edwardstown The Express & Telegraph 26 December 1913 page 1
- ^ The Fifty New Car-Bodies to be Manufactured Locally at Messers Pengelly's Factory The Evening Journal 8 June 1909 page 1
- ^ Destination Paradise (2 ed.). Sydney: Australian Electric Traction Association. 1975. pp. 11, 20, 22, 24, 29.
- ^ Glenelg Line Passenger Carriages Chris' Commonwealth Railways Infotmation
- ^ Tramcars for Victoria The Mail 7 June 1913 page 1
- ^ Victorian Railways No 20 Hawthorn Tram Museum
- ^ VR Class Vicsig
- ^ Commonwealth Gazette The Mail 9 September 1916 page 5
- ^ "Commonwealth Railways, 1912 - 1920" Australian Railway History issue 960 October 2017 page 22
- ^ "Geelong 22" Trolley Wire issue 135 August 1971 page 8
- ^ Disastrous Fire The West Australian 27 December 1913 page 7