Biographical entry Clapp, Francis Boardman (1833 - 1920)

Summary

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

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Published resources

Book Sections

• Hone, J. Ann, 'Clapp, Francis Boardman (1833-1920), businessman', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 397-398. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030376b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Hutson, Jack, 'The Melbourne Cable Trams, 1885-1940: Men of Perception, F. B. Clapp and W.C. [i.e. George William] Duncan', Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), vol. 165, December, 1990, pp. 2-9. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Clapp, Francis Boardman', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466498. Details

See also

• 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