Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,857 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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A. W. Penrose and Co

From Graces Guide

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Electric Lift Gear and Controller. 1906.

of 109 Farringdon Road, London, EC

1893 Company established at 8A Upper Baker Street, Clerkenwell.

1901 Company moved to present building.

1905 Incorporated as a limited company.

1914 Electrical and General engineers. Manufacturers and dealers in all machinery apparatus, material and appliances used in connection with photo-engraving, photography, etching, engraving, drawing, painting, printing and other graphic arts, manufacturers of electric cranes, and hoists, printing machines, motors and gears. [1]

1914 Participated in the 5th International Exhibition of the Printing and Allied Trades at the Agricultural Hall, Islington[2]

1920 Jan. Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition. Exhibitor. [3]

1927 Acquired by Hunters Ltd to form Hunter-Penrose Ltd.

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Sources of Information

  1. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  2. The Times, May 12, 1914
  3. The Engineer of 16th Jan 1920 p62