Higgs Motors

December 1929.

1933.The Works of Higgs Motors at Witton, Birmingham.

1937. Factory extension.

September 1946.

Type LU. 920 RPM.

Generator. 70 VDC. 1.2 kW. 16 Amp.

of Witton, Birmingham, 6. (1937)

1912 Company founded by Walter Frank Higgs.

1912 Moved to the Witton site. Formerly in Sherbourne Street. Made electric motors.

1924 Moved to Perry Barr.

1933 Private company.

1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Industrial and Fractional Horse-power Electric Motors and Dynamos. Motor Generator Sets. Geared Motor Units. Motorised Polishing Spindles. Motorised Bench Grinders. Component Parts, etc. (Stand No. Cb.408)

1961 Agent stockists in fifty-four overseas markets. Manufacturers of electric motors and generators from fractional horsepower to 1,000 HP. Contractors to H.M. Government. 1,000 employees.

1962 Acquired by Newman Industries.

See Also

• 1937 British Industries Fair
• 1950 British Industries Fair: Companies H
• 1957 British Industries Fair: Companies H
• 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
• Alan Rickard Buttrey
• Engineering 1935 Jul-Dec: Index: General
• Engineering 1936 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
• Engineering 1938 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
• Engineering 1939 Jan-Jun: Index: General
• Engineering 1940 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
• Engineering 1940 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
• Engineering 1945 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
• Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: Literature
• Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
• Engineering 1949 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index
• Engineering 1964 Jan-Jun: Index
• George B. Richards
• H. T. Patchett
• Newman Industries
• The Engineer 1926/03/05
• The Engineer 1932 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1933 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1934 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1934 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1935 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1936 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1937 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1938 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1938 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1939 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1939 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1940 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1941 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1946 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1947 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1953 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1960 Jan-Jun: Index
• Walter Frank Higgs

Sources of Information

• [1] National Portrait Gallery
• Birmingham’s Industrial Heritage by Ray Shill. Published by Sutton Publishing 2002. ISBN 0-7509-2593-0
• 1937 British Industries Fair Page 374
• 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE