Metropolitan-Vickers: Electric Motors

1923. Electric winding plant at Hilton Collieries.

1929. Vertical Pump Motor.

1929. Centrifugal Extraction Pump.

1935. Synchronous Motor Generator Set for Rolling Mill Drive.

February 1936. High-Tension Cubicle Type Switchboard.

March 1957.

Note: This is a sub-section of Metropolitan-Vickers

A substantial business in electric motors had been developed by the predecessor company, British Westinghouse.

1920s Larger machines were developed for use in rolling mills and for mine winders.

1921 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Ltd rebuilt an armament factory on Attercliffe Common in Sheffield, a 9-acre site, to manufacture traction motors.

1923 Attercliffe was made into a self-contained traction motor factory with its own engineering department and the manufacture of complete locomotives and electric delivery vehicles.

Continued in AEI: Electric Motors and AEI: Motor and Control Gear

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