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 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

William Sanders and Co

From Graces Guide
1916.
1921.
1922.
January 1936.
April 1945.
October 1945.
August 1949.
1961.

of Falcon Electrical Works, Wednesbury.

1896 Company founded.

1949 William Sanders and Co (Wednesbury) Ltd.

1965 Merged with Chilton Electric.[1]

1965 Name changed to Sanders Switchgear a subsidiary of Chilton Electric.

1969 Parent group Chilton Electric acquired by Drake and Gorham, Scull.[2]

1969 Drake and Gorham, Scull combined Chilton Electric with its other subsidiary Ottermill Switchgear.[3]

The Wednesbury works were later closed and production transferred to Ottermill Switchgear.

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Sources of Information

  1. Birmingham Daily Post - 23 September 1966
  2. The Times - 24 April 1969
  3. Wolverhampton Express and Star - 25 March 1969