Metropolitan-Vickers: Electric Motors: Difference between revisions
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1920s Larger machines were developed for use in rolling mills and for mine winders. | 1920s Larger machines were developed for use in rolling mills and for mine winders. | ||
1921 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Ltd rebuilt an armament factory on Attercliffe Common in Sheffield, a 9-acre site, to manufacture traction motors. | |||
1923 Attercliffe was made into a self-contained traction motor factory with its own engineering department and the manufacture of complete locomotives and electric delivery vehicles. | |||
Continued in [[AEI: Electric Motors]] and [[AEI: Motor and Control Gear]] | Continued in [[AEI: Electric Motors]] and [[AEI: Motor and Control Gear]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:27, 24 December 2020
Note: This is a sub-section of Metropolitan-Vickers
A substantial business in electric motors had been developed by the predecessor company, British Westinghouse.
1920s Larger machines were developed for use in rolling mills and for mine winders.
1921 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Ltd rebuilt an armament factory on Attercliffe Common in Sheffield, a 9-acre site, to manufacture traction motors.
1923 Attercliffe was made into a self-contained traction motor factory with its own engineering department and the manufacture of complete locomotives and electric delivery vehicles.
Continued in AEI: Electric Motors and AEI: Motor and Control Gear
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