jan 29, 1906 - Austin takes over the longbridge manufacturing plant for car production

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Herbert Austin who was born in Buckinghamshire and raised in Yorkshire, escaped his intended railway engineering apprenticeship and learnt his trade under an uncle in Melbourne, Australia. He returned to England in 1893 as manager of an Australian company relocating to Birmingham. In 1901, with the Vickers brothers, he founded and ran The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, which became Britain's largest car manufacturer.

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