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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Foster Transformers

From Graces Guide
July 1944.
March 1945.
June 1945.
August 1945.
August 1946.
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1982.
Transformer probably for Arc Welding.
Transformer probably for Arc Welding.
Transformer probably for Arc Welding.

Foster Transformers and Switchgear of Apex Works, Morden Rd, South Wimbledon, London SW19, and Station Rd, Leatherhead.

1903 Company founded.

1907 Private company.

1937 Acquired by Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto.[1]

1952 Name changed to Foster Transformers.

1956 Was a subsidiary of Lancashire Dynamo Holdings Ltd.[2]

1960 Metal Industries acquired Lancashire Dynamo Holdings.[3]

1961 Manufacturing electrical engineers and dealers in electrical and wireless appliances.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Nottingham Journal - 27 February 1937
  2. The Times, 6 June 1956
  3. The Times, Aug 16, 1960