Difference between revisions of "Brush Electrical Engineering Co"
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* 1937 Engineers. <ref>[[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]]</ref> | * 1937 Engineers. <ref>[[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]]</ref> | ||
* 1938 Transfer of [[Petters]] plant from Yeovil to Loughborough<ref>The Times, 2 August 1939</ref>. | * 1938 Transfer of [[Petters]] plant and business from Yeovil to Loughborough<ref>The Times, 2 August 1939</ref>. | ||
* 1951 Private company. | * 1951 Private company. | ||
Revision as of 16:51, 27 May 2010
Brush Pony. Exhibit at the National Motor Museum.
Exhibit at the Museu de Electricidade, Madeira
Exhibit at the Museu de Electricidade, Madeira
Exhibit at the Museu de Electricidade, Madeira
of Falcon Works, Loughborough, Leics
- 1880 Company established under the title of "The Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation" to work the patents of C. F. Brush of Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- 1889 Acquired the assets of Henry Hughes and Co and was incorporated under the present title.
- 1890 One of two contractors providing the lighting for the Edinburgh exhibition. The other was King-Brown and Co. [1]
- 1900 June. Tramways and Light Railways Exhibition at Islington. Exhibited a tramcar. [2]
- 1911 Electrical Exhibition. Steam turbo-generating set of the Brush-Parsons type. [3]
- 1914 Specialities: electrical machinery and apparatus, steam engines and turbines, railway and tramway rolling stock, electric traction and supply contractors. Employees 2,750. [4]
- WWI Manufacturer of aeroplanes.
- 1937 Engineers. [5]
- 1951 Private company.
- 1954 Name changed.
- 1961 Electrical and mechanical engineers specialising in turbines, transformers and heavy generating equipment for power stations. [7]
- 1968 Four 7,000 hp electic motors to Sulzer Brothers for circulating water at the CEGB Cottam Power Station. Brush are part of Hawker Siddeley. [8]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 2nd May 1890. p351
- ↑ The Engineer of 29th June 1900 p667
- ↑ The Engineer of 6th September 1911 p362
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, 2 August 1939
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer of 12th January 1968 p114
- Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published 1982 ISBN 0-370-30084-x
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816