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By 1695 the Pickford family was engaged in supplying quarry stone by packhorse for the construction of turnpike roads; instead of the packhorses returning with empty loads, they carried goods for third parties.
In 1756 the company relocated to London and in 1776 it invented the fly wagon which could travel from London to Manchester in the then fast speed of four and a half days. A year later it bought the carrier business of William Bass, a Staffordshire haulier who carried ale for a local brewer. With the funds Bass went on to form a brewery which still bears his name today.
In the 1779 it entered the canal industry. In the 19th century, it operated wagons on other companies' railways, but this was contentious, and eventually this service was eliminated
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