Volk, Magnus, Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Volk, Magnus
- Brighton & Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad
- Brighton Corporation Transport Dept
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Brighton, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, South East, England
- Rottingdean, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, South East, England
Sectors:
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical generators, motors, transformers, etc, production
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Transport services
Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Telephone & telegraph equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to Magnus Volk, 1851-1937, an early electrical engineer who made, in a small way, generating, telephone and telegraph equipment. From 1883 built narrow gauge railway along part of Brighton seafront. Later also built short-lived Brighton & Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad, 1896-1901. Business interests reorganised as Magnus Volk Ltd in 1901 and subsequently taken forward by his son. Railway acquired by Brighton Corporation c1938 [2024]
Publications:
- Magnus Volk of Brighton by Volk, Conrad
- Volk's Electric Railway. An illustrated history by Jackson, Alan A
- Volk's Railway, Brighton, 1883-1983. Centenary by Pulling, Jenny
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Volk, Magnus
- Brighton & Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad
- Brighton Corporation Transport Dept
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Brighton, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, South East, England
- Rottingdean, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, South East, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical generators, motors, transformers, etc, production
- Transport services Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn
- Electrical & electronic engineering Telephone & telegraph equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to Magnus Volk, 1851-1937, an early electrical engineer who made, in a small way, generating, telephone and telegraph equipment. From 1883 built narrow gauge railway along part of Brighton seafront. Later also built short-lived Brighton & Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad, 1896-1901. Business interests reorganised as Magnus Volk Ltd in 1901 and subsequently taken forward by his son. Railway acquired by Brighton Corporation c1938 [2024]Publications:
- Magnus Volk of Brighton by Volk, Conrad
- Volk's Electric Railway. An illustrated history by Jackson, Alan A
- Volk's Railway, Brighton, 1883-1983. Centenary by Pulling, Jenny