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A Summary Description of "The Story of Robert William Edlin and the Pneumatic Tyre"The cataloguing of this material was supported by the National Cycle Archive and the Heritage Lottery Fund. We are grateful for their support. Summary
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative/Biographical HistoryRobert Wilfred Edlin was the grandson of Robert William Edlin who built the first bicycle for J. B. Dunlop in 1888. The pneumatic tyre industry started in Edlin's small cycle business in Belfast, where Edlin, Finlay Sinclair and John B. Dunlop made the first pneumatic tyred bicycle, c. October 1888. This was followed by racing machines in 1889. By November 1889, Dunlop, Edlin and Sinclair had manufactured 20 bicycles, 6 tricycles, and fitted the new tyres to 24 machines bought in from Rudge. A new company, the Pneumatic Tyre and Booth's Cycle Agency Ltd, Dublin, was then set up in association with Booths [sic] Cycle Agency Ltd, Dublin, of which Harvey du Cros was chairman. A factory was established at Booth's premises, but in January 1891 the business moved to Coventry, where it was known as The Pneumatic Tyre Co. In 1895, Edlin moved to Birmingham where he remained for the rest of his life, opening a factory there under the name of Robert William Edlin, Pneumatic Tyre Manufacturer. He died in May 1923. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentBooklet on A4 size paper entitled "Grandfather Edlin and the Pneumatic Tyre" by Robert Wilfred Edlin, 1992, containing commentary, and copies of photographs and archives. Transcript. Return to the Table of Contents System of ArrangementThe Modern Records Centre uses a classification scheme. For further details of the scheme, see http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/mrcclass.shtml. It is compatible with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (2000). Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationImmediate Source of AcquisitionThis item was deposited in the Centre by the Oswestry Bicycle Museum through the National Cycle Archive, c. 1995. AccrualsFurther deposits are not expected. Access ConditionsThere are no restrictions on access to these papers. Copyright/ReproductionThere are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law. Return to the Table of Contents Additional Sources of InformationFinding AidsAuthority records exist for John Boyd Dunlop (GB 0152 AAR1957), Robert William Edlin (GB 0152 AAR2415), Finlay Sinclair (GB 0152 AAR2416), Pneumatic Tyre and Booth's Cycle Agency (GB 0152 AAR2417), Booth's Cycle Agency Ltd (GB 0152 AAR2418), and Pneumatic Tyre Co. (GB 0152 AAR 2419). Related Units of DescriptionOther deposits by the National Cycle Archive (MSS.328). Return to the Table of Contents Index Headings
Booths [sic] Cycle Agency Ltd Dublin Edlin, Robert William (1862-1923) Pneumatic Tyre and Booth's Cycle Agency Ltd Dublin Sinclair, Finlay (d. 1937) The Pneumatic Tyre Co. Coventry
Bicycle industry Great Britain Cycling Great Britain Tires Return to the Table of Contents |