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