Rowes Garage Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Rowe, Maurice
- Rowe, M G, (Motors) Doublebois Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Liskeard, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - retailing
Motor vehicle & accessories retailing & repairing
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Transport equipment production
Motor vehicle production
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Transport services
Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn
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Transport services
Taxi, cab, sedan chair, etc, services
Notes:
Traces origins to a garage business established by Maurice Rowe in the early 1930s. In late 1940s diversified into bus and taxi operations and converted lorries to coaches for the purpose. From early 1950s formed M G Rowe (Motors) Doublebois Ltd to manufacture commercial vehicles and buses largely for use in Cornwall; a relatively small number were built. Manufacturing ended 1959.
Publications:
- Rowe Hillmaster. The Cornish commercial vehicle by Tutthill, Peter
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Rowe, Maurice
- Rowe, M G, (Motors) Doublebois Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Liskeard, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - retailing Motor vehicle & accessories retailing & repairing
- Transport equipment production Motor vehicle production
- Transport services Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn
- Transport services Taxi, cab, sedan chair, etc, services
Notes:
Traces origins to a garage business established by Maurice Rowe in the early 1930s. In late 1940s diversified into bus and taxi operations and converted lorries to coaches for the purpose. From early 1950s formed M G Rowe (Motors) Doublebois Ltd to manufacture commercial vehicles and buses largely for use in Cornwall; a relatively small number were built. Manufacturing ended 1959.Publications:
- Rowe Hillmaster. The Cornish commercial vehicle by Tutthill, Peter