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 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Diamond H Switches

From Graces Guide
1938.
September 1953.
1982.

of Gunnersbury Avenue, Chiswick, London, W4. Telephone: Chiswick 6444 (4 lines, P.B.X.) Telegraphic Address: "Diamondhart, Chisk, London". (1937)

of Great West Road, Brentford.

1905 Company founded.

1934 Became private company.

1937 Electrical switch manufacturers [1]

1937 British Industries Fair Advert for "Diamond H" Switches and Thermostats. Rotary Switches of all types. "Diamond H" Cooker Switches, flush patterns. "Diamond H" Ironclad Rotary Switch Units. "Diamond H" Perfect Automatic Oven Control. Demonstrations daily with many cookers. "Diamond H" Equipment, various electrical apparatus. (Electricity: Industrial and Domestic - Stand No. Cb.816) [2]

1937 Electrical switch manufacturers. "Diamond H" Switches. "Diathermo" Thermostats. [3]

1939 Patent - Improvements in and relating to rotary switches for electric cookers.[4]

1943 Patent - Luminous electric discharge tube or bulb. [5]

1961 Manufacturers of electrical switches, thermostats, energy regulators and relays. 600 employees [6]

c.1962 Changed its name to Diamond H Controls.

1964 Opened a new factory on Vulcan Road North, Norwich.

Later acquired by Williams Holdings which then sold the company as part of Cortworth

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