New General Traction Company
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The New General Traction Company Ltd was registered on 24 March 1896 as an investment company with a focus on tramways and railways.
New General Traction Company was based at 20 Bishopsgate Street Within, London. The officers of the company were:
- Chairman, Baron Emile Beaumont d'Erlanger
- Managing Director, E. A. Hopkins
- Secretary, J. O. Mills
- Chief Engineer, Isaac Everson Winslow
This company held shares in several tramway companies:
- Coventry Electric Tramways Company – 5 December 1895 to 1 January 1912 (sold to Coventry Corporation Tramways)
- Douglas Southern Electric Tramway 7 August 1896 - 13 April 1926
- Norwich Electric Tramways 30 July 1900 – December 1933 (sold to Eastern Counties Omnibus Company)