Simplex Steel Conduit Co
of Coventry Street, Birmingham
1898 Simplex steel conduit invented[1] by a Mr Waterhouse; the steel conduits were used for carrying electric cables[2].
1898 Simplex Steel Conduits company formed.
1901 Catalogue issued [3]
1903 Opened premises at 165a, West-George-street, Glasgow under the management of D. G. Brooks.[4]
1905 the company moved to larger premises in Garrison Lane, Birmingham, which became the Head Office for a rapidly expanding network of factories and offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Swansea and Bristol[5].
1905 Advert for wiring conduit. (The Simplex Steel Conduit Company of 80 Digbeth, Birmingham and 20 Bucklersbury, London EC). [6]
1906 Simplex Conduits company was registered on 4 April, to acquire the business of the Simplex Steel Conduit Co. [7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ TI advert The Times, 20 February 1969
- ↑ Material relating to Simplex Electric Company Ltd [1]
- ↑ Fielden’s Magazine Vol 4
- ↑ The Engineer 1903/06/05, p 582
- ↑ Material relating to Simplex Electric Company Ltd [2]
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1905. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p19
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908