Hove Corporation Cedes Stoll-Dodson trolleybus, 1914 trial (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)

Exhibit
Hove Corporation Cedes Stoll-Dodson trolleybus, 1914 trial (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon) (i)
location:
Arch One , Area 83 Visitors' Brighton (display) Glamour of Brighton

A scratchbuilt model of a blue-and-white open-topped open-stairwell Hove Corporation Cedes Stoll-Dodson trolleybus with black overhead contact arm, gold lining and brown undergear and wheels. Lettering along the side of the upper deck reads: CEDES "GEARLESS" TRACKLESS TROLLEY SYSTEM".

The model is part of a set made by Ken Allbon between 2010 and 2012.

Front angle view

Rear angle view

The original trolleybus

This model represents the only trolleybus that ever ran on Hove's streets, a Cedes-Stoll vehicle with a Dodson body. The bus was used for a trial in 1914 (complete with all the required overhead wiring), but the trial was was not considered successful, and the trolleybus was sold on to Keighley.

External links

• George Street: The Trolley Bus Experiment (portsladehistory.blogspot.co.uk)
• Experimental trolleybus, Hove c.1914, photographs (shorehambysea.com)