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Walker Horrocks and Co

From Graces Guide

of Birmingham

Lighting plant manufacturers

1909 Patents (three) for the generation and storage of electrical power for house lighting.

1912 The automatic lighting plants, powered by Austin engines of 2 to 28 bhp and specially designed for this purpose, were used by houses, hotels, railway stations etc. [1]

1915 Bought by Austin

1925 The products wheich had been succesful for Austin since 1915 were hived off in to the Austin Electric Co

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Oct 02, 1912
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