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 164,573 pages of information and 246,142 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.

Strand Electric and Engineering Co

From Graces Guide

of 19-24 Floral Street, London, WC2.

of Cecil Works, Power Road, Gunnersbury, London.

Strand Electric were the UK's and Europe's principal manufacturers of stage lighting and theatre equipment.

Their head of R&D Frederick Bentham was the designer of the Light Console and many Spotlights. They pioneered the use of die-cast mouldings for spotlight construction.

1914 Founded by Arthur Earnshaw and Phillip Sheridan.

1936 Incorporated as Strand Electric Holdings.[1]

1937 Manufacturing electrical engineers. [2]

WWII: designed and manufactured TAT training simulators for the Royal Navy.

1968 Acquired by Rank Organisation[3].

Became part of Rank Precision Industries

Now exist only as a brand name.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, February 13, 1936
  2. 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  3. The Times, April 10, 1969