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Clapp, Francis Boardman (1833 - 1920)

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Born: 27 June 1833 Holden, Massachusetts, United States of America. Died: 6 September 1920 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.

Francis Boardman Clapp formed the Melbourne Omnibus Company in 1869, with William McCulloch and Henry Hoyt. In 1884 he bagen to operate trams and transferred the omnibuses to new branch lines.

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Clapp, Harold Winthrop (1875 - 1952)

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003438. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 26 July 2006

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