From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from The Lanarkshire Tramways Company regarding the return of a failed tyre after achieving record mileage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\4\ Scan027 | |
| Date | 22th May 1928 | |
| Telegrams, "TRAMWAYS MOTHERWELL." Telephone 64 MOTHERWELL. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COY The Lanarkshire Tramways Company E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} GLENNIE. Manager. POWER STATION, EDINBURGH ROAD Your Reference Our Reference JWF/GM Motherwell. 22nd May, 1928. Messrs. Taylor & Melville, Ltd., 36, Great Clyde Street, GLASGOW. Dear Sirs, We are returning to you to-morrow 38 x 7 India cord cover No. 1039334 which has failed at 51,833 miles. We do not require a replacement for this cover. In returning this cover we think it but right to mention that the mileage performed is a record, so far as we are concerned, for this section. Yours faithfully, FOR LANARKSHIRE TRAMWAYS COMPANY E.H. Glennie MANAGER. | ||