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* 1954 Name changed to '''The Brush Group Ltd'''. Half of '''Petter''' engines produced at Staines were air-cooled engines<ref>The Times, 29 April 1955</ref>. | * 1954 Name changed to '''The Brush Group Ltd'''. Half of '''Petter''' engines produced at Staines were air-cooled engines<ref>The Times, 29 April 1955</ref>. | ||
* 1956 100,000th '''Petter''' water-cooled diesel produced at Staines; air-cooled diesels in full production; new range of marine diesels introduced; lighter-weight, higher-speed air-cooled diesels in development<ref>The Times, 24 April 1956</ref>. | |||
* 1957 Offer received from [[Hawker Siddeley]] Group which would help alleviate '''Brush's''' shortage of capital. Proposal made to take-over ASEA's UK subsidiary based at Walthamstow which manufactured transformers and other electrical equipment<ref>The Times, 7 May 1957</ref>. | |||
* 1961 Electrical and mechanical engineers specialising in turbines, transformers and heavy generating equipment for power stations. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | * 1961 Electrical and mechanical engineers specialising in turbines, transformers and heavy generating equipment for power stations. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | ||
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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]
- 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].
- 1948 Production of small and heavy engines increased, sold under the Petter trade mark; costs reduced through redesign since the end of WW2. Plans underway to acquire Mirrlees Bickerton and Day Ltd (Stockport), and J. and H. McLaren Ltd (Leeds) which made diesel engines in complimentary sizes to the Petter range.[10].
- 1949 Company meeting told about working arrangement with W. G. Bagnall Ltd of Stafford to enable delivery of complete diesel-electric locomotives from one source. Manufacture of small diesel engines had been transferred from Loughborough to McLaren's plant at Staines. Manufacture of large diesel engines to be transferred to Mirrlees plant at Stockport which made engines of similar size. Medium size diesels were manufactured at McLaren's plant at Leeds. Heavy engines were produced at Loughborough and Stockport. Announcement of close liaison with Henry Meadows Ltd of Wolverhampton which had one of the most modern engine factories in the country. This would enable production of a new range of diesel engines that Brush had designed, without expenditure on new tooling and production plant. Henry Meadows also produced gear-boxes which they would supply to Brush for use with their diesel engines, meeting a large proportion of Brush's needs from one source [11].
- 1950 Acquired shareholding in National Gas and Oil Engine Co of Ashton under Lyne at cost from Associated British Engineering with option for Brush to acquire the remainder of Associated's holding which would enable Brush to own more than 50% of National. There was some competition in the two ranges of engines but National was recognised as having expertise in gas engines for which there was growing demand. Brush's annual production of diesels under all the various arrangements amounted to 750,000 h.p., more than any other manufacturer outside the U.S.A.[12].
- 1950 Purchased Associated British Engineering's shareholding in Hopkinson Electric Co Ltd of Cardiff, manufacturer of small electric motors, to enable Brush to expand production[13].
- 1950 Sold shares in Heenan and Froude Ltd of Worcester to Associated British Engineering for £200,000 [14].
- 1951 Rationalization of production sites resulted in movement of heavy diesel engine production from Loughborough. Production of the Petter-Fielding horizontal engines continued to expand at J. and H. McLaren. Production of standard range of small Petter engines at Staines and Burton on the Wolds[15].
- 1952 Acquired remaining shares in National Gas and Oil Engine Co. 20% of Petter engines produced at Staines were air-cooled diesels[16].
- 1954 Name changed to The Brush Group Ltd. Half of Petter engines produced at Staines were air-cooled engines[17].
- 1956 100,000th Petter water-cooled diesel produced at Staines; air-cooled diesels in full production; new range of marine diesels introduced; lighter-weight, higher-speed air-cooled diesels in development[18].
- 1957 Offer received from Hawker Siddeley Group which would help alleviate Brush's shortage of capital. Proposal made to take-over ASEA's UK subsidiary based at Walthamstow which manufactured transformers and other electrical equipment[19].
- 1961 Electrical and mechanical engineers specialising in turbines, transformers and heavy generating equipment for power stations. [20]
- 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. [21]
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
- ↑ The Times, 9 September 1938
- ↑ The Times, 10 July 1945
- ↑ The Times, 15 January 1947
- ↑ The Times, 28 January 1948
- ↑ The Times, 16 May 1949
- ↑ The Times, 3 May 1950
- ↑ The Times, 3 May 1950
- ↑ The Times, 3 May 1950
- ↑ The Times, 7 June 1951
- ↑ The Times, 30 May 1952
- ↑ The Times, 29 April 1955
- ↑ The Times, 24 April 1956
- ↑ The Times, 7 May 1957
- ↑ 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