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 167,666 pages of information and 247,074 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.

Warrington Electricity Works

From Graces Guide

of Warrington

1880 The electric light is about to have a trial in Warrington, at the new works in course of ... for the opposite the entrance to the Town Hall.[1]

1901 THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING STATION AT WARRINGTON. Proposed Extensions. At a meeting of the Electric Lighting Committee Mr Preece, the electrical engineer,attended,and submitted the following report on the proposed extensions[2]

1903 inquiry at Warrington on behalf the Local Government Board into an application of the Corporation for sanction to borrow £20,C00 for extensions at the electricity works[3]

1910 The Warrington Tramways and Electricity Works had been held up as examples of good management by all the leading electricity papers[4]

1911 An interesting ceremony took place at the Warrington Electricity Works on Thursday evening, when Mrs. James Smethurst (wife of Alderman Smethurst, who is chairman of the Electricity and Tramways Committee) ...[5]

Also see Warrington Power Station

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Sources of Information

  1. Glasgow Evening Times 23 August 1880
  2. Warrington Examiner 04 May 1901
  3. Manchester Courier 01 April 1903
  4. : Widnes Examiner 11 June 1910
  5. Runcorn Examiner 01 April 1911