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* 1938/9 Purchase of [[Petters]] oil engine production plant and business; transfer from Yeovil to Loughborough<ref>The Times, 2 August 1939</ref> in exchange for shares in '''Brush'''. The name Petters was to be made available to '''Brush''' together with the goodwill once [[Petters]] have held the necessary EGM<ref>The Times, 9 September 1938</ref>. | * 1938/9 Purchase of [[Petters]] oil engine production plant and business; transfer from Yeovil to Loughborough<ref>The Times, 2 August 1939</ref> in exchange for shares in '''Brush'''. The name Petters was to be made available to '''Brush''' together with the goodwill once [[Petters]] have held the necessary EGM<ref>The Times, 9 September 1938</ref>. | ||
* 1945 Acquired Oil Engines (Coventry) Ltd from [[Lagonda]] Ltd as part of Brush's plans to extend their range of diesel engines<ref>The Times, | * 1945 Acquired Oil Engines (Coventry) Ltd from [[Lagonda]] Ltd as part of Brush's plans to extend their range of diesel engines<ref>The Times, 15 Januaru 1947</ref>. | ||
* 1947 Licenced South African subsidiary to manufacture the Petter and Brush ranges of diesel engines<ref>The Times, 15 January 1947</ref>. | |||
* 1951 Private company. | * 1951 Private company. |
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- 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]
- 1938/9 Purchase of Petters oil engine production plant and business; transfer from Yeovil to Loughborough[6] in exchange for shares in Brush. The name Petters was to be made available to Brush together with the goodwill once Petters have held the necessary EGM[7].
- 1945 Acquired Oil Engines (Coventry) Ltd from Lagonda Ltd as part of Brush's plans to extend their range of diesel engines[8].
- 1947 Licenced South African subsidiary to manufacture the Petter and Brush ranges of diesel engines[9].
- 1951 Private company.
- 1954 Name changed.
- 1961 Electrical and mechanical engineers specialising in turbines, transformers and heavy generating equipment for power stations. [10]
- 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. [11]
See Also
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
- ↑ The Times, 9 September 1938
- ↑ The Times, 15 Januaru 1947
- ↑ The Times, 15 January 1947
- ↑ 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