Electrical Apparatus Co
of St Albans.
of Vauxhall Works, South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 (1922)
1906 Business established
1907 Company incorporated
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with patented relay starters for machines.
1921 Mr T. K. Evans was district manager in charge of the Manchester branch was transferred to London. Mr H. H. Pollard was appointed district manager to the Manchester district in his place.[1]
1922 Manufacturer of electricity meters, electrical switches and mining type switchboards, electrical motor control gear. 700 employees.
1924 Exhibited an electric motor control gear including a hand-operated starting pillar suitable for use with all types of direct-current motors, and an oil-immersed reversing drum controller for use in fiery mines for haulage, winding engines, fans, etc.[2]
1926 Mr W. A. Benger was of the Yorkshire Agency of the company.[3]
1937 Electrical motor control and switchgear manufacturers.
Henry Ralph Champion Partridge (d.1962) was a director [4]
1953 Public company - dealing started in ord. shares[5]
1963 Airedale Electrical and Manufacturing Co of Apperley Bridge joined with the Electrical Apparatus group of companies[6].
1968 Allen West and Co acquired Electrical Apparatus Co after West raised its offer[7].
1971 Advertised sale of the freehold of the St Albans factory and office; it had been built in the 1930s[8].
See Also
- 1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades: Company E
- 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company E
- 1934 Home Office Industrial Museum
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- Allen West and Co
- Bray, Markham and Reiss
- Engineering 1924 Jul-Dec: Index: Patent Record
- Engineering 1965 Jan-Jun: Index
- Engineering 1968 Jan-Jun: Index
- Ernest B. Schattner
- Henry Cobden Turner
- Henry Ralph Champion Partridge
- John Ferguson (1887-1929)
- Ralph Henry Barbour
- Richard Amberton
- The Basic Industries of Great Britain by Aberconway: Chapter XXII
- The Engineer 1919/10/10
- The Engineer 1920/10/01
- The Engineer 1921/10/14
- The Engineer 1924/02/15
- The Engineer 1925/03/27
- The Engineer 1926/08/20
- The Engineer 1933 Jul-Dec: Index
- W. A. Benger
Sources of Information
- The Engineer of 1st October 1920 p332