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John James Cam blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: Cam Engineering Works. Ingenious inventor John James Cam 1850-1919 as well as making machinery for the clothing industry he built motorcycles and established a revered name in motoring history pioneering many key components the carburettor, the radiator, handlebar controls and other improvements in this building. An English Inventor

From the Open Plaques record 8953

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