Brush Electrical Engineering Co
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
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