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Cosmos Engineering was a company that manufactured aero-engines in a factory in Fishponds, Bristol during World War I. Sir Roy Fedden, the company's principal designer, developed the 14-cylinder radial Mercury engine during this period. The company was taken over by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1920.
The company was formed in 1893 at St Philips, Bristol, as Brazil, Straker & Co by the Irish engineer J.P. Brazil and the London motor agent Sidney Straker. [1] In 1899 Sidney Straker joined forces with Edward Bayley and went into production of steam wagons , joining in partnership with L.R.L. Squire in 1904 and production reached 200 steam ...
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) – Parts of Bristol Motor Speedway are flooded and damaged after severe weather in the area. The iconic “It’s Bristol Baby!” sustained damage in the storm, with ...
The company continued producing a variety of small industrial and shunting engines at their factory located between Fishponds and Kingswood in Bristol. They became specialists in the field, with very precise specifications and standardisation of parts. The largest engine was an 0-8-0 built in 1931 for the Christmas Island Phosphate Company. [4]
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A new company was formed using the Avonside name as the Avonside Locomotive Works, initially at St Philips, before the company moved to Fishponds in 1905. The capital for the new factory in Fishponds was provided by Ronald Murray, and the facility was set up to build 16 locomotives a year.
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