Sujet
Motors in London: omnibus running from Oxford Circus to Ealing, 1898. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Motors in London: omnibus running from Oxford Circus to Ealing, 1898. 'Self-Acting Steam Omnibus Co...The property of the British Motor Company...We are promised an immediate revolution in our public conveyances. There are to be steam-omnibuses, motor-omnibuses, and "petrol"-cabs...Omnibus service is becoming the most favourite means of conveyance with the public...A startling item is furnished by the annual reports under the head of "horse renewals." "Horse renewals" for the London General Omnibus Company is given for six months only as £53,644, or more than £100,000 per annum for replacing worn out, maimed, and slaughtered horses in this one company alone. This immense sum is wasted not only once, but every year. The engine saves the whole of it...Steam is an old friend, and thoroughly understood on steam-tramcars and railroads. There is not, therefore, the slightest reason why the very profitable employment of steam-omnibus service should not immediately take place in the suburban roads round London for connecting our beautiful suburbs with the great City. Lines of steam- omnibuses will be the railways of the future'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM26A16_097
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
16.1Mo (1.4Mo) / 30.1cm x 13.4cm / 3561 x 1577 (300dpi)