Private company

Maley & Taunton

UK business

Maley & Taunton was a tram and tramway engineering company. It was situated in Wednesbury in Staffordshire, England. The principals, Alfred Walter Maley (1880-1947) and Edmund MacKenzie Taunton (1884-1957) held patents for tram and tramway machinery and equipment.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Maley & Taunton was a tram and tramway engineering company. It was situated in Wednesbury in Staffordshire, England. The principals, Alfred Walter Maley (1880-1947) and Edmund MacKenzie Taunton (1884-1957) held patents for tram and tramway machinery and equipment. The company exported globally, with its tram trucks used, among others, in Lisbon, Johannesburg, and Hong Kong, and locally – to the Blackpool tramway, Sheffield Corporation, Liverpool Corporation, Glasgow Corporation, and the Manx Electric Railway.2

Products and brands

  • locomotive

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