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).
With a sketch discussing the damage to wire wheel spokes on imported cars due to the design of street gutters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\4\ Scan127 | |
| Date | 16th September 1919 | |
| X3894 Rolls-Royce, Ltd., 15, Broad St, NEW YORK. Cy3-F16919. Sept. 16th., 1919. Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} from Cy:- Copies J, JCR, RWS, and EWC. RE WHEELS ON IMPORTED CARS. (Footnote) 1. In my letter Cy1-F16919, I refer to the cutting and bending of wire wheel spokes on curbs. 2. This is particularly serious here, because of the way in which the roadway is dropped at the drain openings from the street gutters, as sketched below: [Sketch of a curb, gutter, and wheel] Sidewalk Roadway 3. Obviously if the car draws up close to the curb and happens to strike a gutter opening, the wire wheel spokes are very liable to strike the curb. Cy. | ||