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of Springfield Lane, Salford
1898 Company established - see Edward Woodrowe Cowan
The company became one of the leaders in the field of A.C. electrical engineering, specifically A.C. switchgear and inductance regulators.
1911 Became part of a new company Switchgear and Cowans created to effect a merger with the Switchgear Co Ltd[1]
1912 Switchgear
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