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TheAccles-Turrell was an Englishautomobile[1] built between 1899 and 1901 inPerry Bar,Birmingham, England and from 1901 to 1902 inAshton-under-Lyne.
The company began in 1899 when the British pioneer motoristCharles McRobie Turrell, who had helped organise the 1896 London-BrightonEmancipation Run, joined Accles Ltd, a Birmingham engineering company. The car was a 3 hp two-seater light carriage equipped with a single-cylinder engine of Accles manufacture and a body byArthur Mulliner of Northampton. The engine drove the rear wheels by a belt to the 3-speedgearbox and chain to the wheels. The top speed was claimed to be 20 mph (32 km/h).
In 1901 a larger four-seat 10/15 hp car was made and the rights to this "vibrationless, very simple, quiet and efficient" "New Turrell" car were acquired byPollock Ltd. ofAshton-under-Lyne. The car had a flat twin 10/15 hp engine under the front seat driving the rear wheels through a two-speedconstant mesh gearbox. The car was later made by the Autocar Construction Company and sold as the Hermes.
Accles and Pollock soon joined forces to become the tube-making companyAccles & Pollock. The Accles & Pollock tube brand is currently owned byTyco.
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