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 167,661 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.

West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority

From Graces Guide

1927 Formation of the West Midland Joint Electricity Authority, including Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich, Shrewsbury, ...[1]

1929 Contracts amounting to nearly £250,000 have been placed by the West Midland Joint Electricity Authority for the equipment of the first section of the super power station at Iron Bridge.[2]

1938 As a result transferring its electricity undertaking to the West Midland Joint Electricity Authority, Shrewsbury Corporation will receive £256,837 [3]


See Also

Sources of Information

  1. Smethwick Telephone 12 February 1927
  2. Shrewsbury Chronicle 21 June 1929
  3. Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 11 October 1938