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George Bennie was born in Auldhouse,
Glasgow, in 1892, the son of an engineer. In his youth, which was
mostly spent in Rothesay, he began to show signs of his ability as
an inventor.One of the first patents to bear the Bennie name was an
ashtray for use at sea. No matter how far the ship would sway or list
the Bennie ashtray would remain level.
In 1921, he turned his attention to a revolutionary new concept of
public transport. His idea was to get railways off of the ground and
into the air. Bennie believed that fast passenger traffic should be
separated from the slower heavy goods trains. |
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