Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

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The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was a British industrial firm known for producing railway rolling stock and military vehicles, including notable World War II tanks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British company ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ
rolling stock manufacturer ⓘ
activity supplied tanks to the British Army during World War II ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
customer British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

Great Western Railway ⓘ
London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
designedBy William Stanier ⓘ
dissolved 1963 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
exportedTo Africa ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
India ⓘ
South America ⓘ
founded 1854 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Smethwick ⓘ
industry military vehicle manufacturing ⓘ
railway rolling stock manufacturing ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Smethwick ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
mergedInto Metro-Cammell ⓘ
notableFor export of railway rolling stock ⓘ
production of World War II tanks ⓘ
notableProduct A34 Comet tank ⓘ
Centurion tank ⓘ
Cromwell tank ⓘ
linked to: Cromwell tanks
partOf British railway industry ⓘ
predecessor Joseph Wright and Sons ⓘ
product armoured vehicles ⓘ
locomotives ⓘ
multiple units ⓘ
railway carriages ⓘ
railway wagons ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
regionServed United Kingdom ⓘ
international markets ⓘ
servedConflict World War II ⓘ
specialization bogie wagons ⓘ
steel-bodied carriages ⓘ
successor Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company division of Metro-Cammell ⓘ
usedFacility Smethwick works ⓘ
linked to: SMETHWICK

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Cromwell tank → manufacturer → Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Cromwell tanks
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company → successor → Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company division of Metro-Cammell ⓘ
linked to: Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company