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'''George Bray and Co''' of Leeds
of Leeds 2 and Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London.  Telephone: Leeds 20981.  Telegraphic Address: "Bray, Leeds"


* 1863 Company founded.
* 1863 Company founded.
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* 1903 Private company.
* 1903 Private company.
* 1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair.  Electric Heaters and Refractory Insulators, industrial, traction, marine, domestic.  Boiling Plates, Immersion Heaters, Strip and Ring Elements, Oil Preheaters, Radiators, etc.  Firebars, Plain and Screwed Refracory Tubes, Rods, Bushes, etc.  (Stand No. Cb.405)


* 1961 Engineers, manufacturing electric heating elements, electric air and oil heaters, electric immersion heaters, car engine heaters and special electric heaters; jets and burners for coal gas, LP gas, butane and natural gas; electro-ceramic insulators and light precision engineering.  1,000 employees.
* 1961 Engineers, manufacturing electric heating elements, electric air and oil heaters, electric immersion heaters, car engine heaters and special electric heaters; jets and burners for coal gas, LP gas, butane and natural gas; electro-ceramic insulators and light precision engineering.  1,000 employees.
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==Sources of Information==
==Sources of Information==
* [[The Engineer]] of 3rd February 1888 p99
* [[The Engineer]] of 3rd February 1888 p99
* [[1937 British Industries Fair]] Page 337
* [[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]
* [[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]

Revision as of 09:56, 22 June 2008

of Leeds 2 and Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London. Telephone: Leeds 20981. Telegraphic Address: "Bray, Leeds"

  • 1863 Company founded.
  • 1888 Bray's Antipulsator to control the pressure of gas to engines.
  • 1903 Private company.
  • 1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Electric Heaters and Refractory Insulators, industrial, traction, marine, domestic. Boiling Plates, Immersion Heaters, Strip and Ring Elements, Oil Preheaters, Radiators, etc. Firebars, Plain and Screwed Refracory Tubes, Rods, Bushes, etc. (Stand No. Cb.405)
  • 1961 Engineers, manufacturing electric heating elements, electric air and oil heaters, electric immersion heaters, car engine heaters and special electric heaters; jets and burners for coal gas, LP gas, butane and natural gas; electro-ceramic insulators and light precision engineering. 1,000 employees.

Sources of Information