Robert W. Blackwell and Co
From Graces Guide
of Victoria St, Westminster
of City Road, London
1890 Robert Winthrop Blackwell moved to the UK
1894 He founded the firm of Robert W. Blackwell and Co, which became a leading firm of merchants, manufacturers, engineers, and contractors.
1895 Gained a contract from the British Thomson-Houston Co. for the construction and electrical equipment of a new tramway in Bristol for the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co
1900 June. Tramways and Light Railways Exhibition at Islington. Large exhibit of items related to electrically-equipped vehicles and lines including poles, trolleys, insulators, trucks, conduits, fittings and an electric car to carry 53 passengers.[1]
1903 Supplied 2 oil filters for the Chiswick Power Station
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- ↑ The Engineer 1900/06/29 p667