Callenders Cable and Construction Co
From Graces Guide
of Falkirk, Scotland; also of Hamilton House, Victoria Embankment, London. (1937)
- Callenders, originally an importer and refiner of bitumen for road construction, began manufacturing insulated cables in the 1880s at their Erith site on the Thames.
- 1882 Company established under the style of Callenders Bitumen Telegraph and Waterproof Co Ltd.
- 1896 Incorporated as a limited company and reconstructed under present name. The company was registered on July 24th, to take over the business of Callenders Bitumen Telegraph and Waterproof Co. [1]
- 1914 Manufacturers of cables of every description. Speciality: the "Solid System of Mains" and the insulation of cables by vulcanised bitumen. Employees 5,000. [2]
- 1916 Patent - Improvements in and/or connected with the Protection of Electric Supply or Distribution Systems in which Split or Parallel Conductors are Employed. [3]
- 1937 Cable makers and electrical engineers. "Anchor" Cables. "Callender" Cables. [4]
- 1937 Advert in British Industries Fair Catalogue as Maker of C. M. A. (Cable Makers' Association) Cables. (Electricity: Industrial and Domestic Section - Stand Nos. Cb501 and Cb.400) [5]
- 1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
- WWII: Callenders (together with Glovers of Trafford Park) manufactured the Pluto system (Pipelines under the Ocean) which was vital to supplying fuel to the Allied invasion force in 1944.
- 1945 British Insulated Cables merged with Callenders and became British Insulated Callenders Cables Limited (BICC).
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ [1] Wikipatents
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p564; and p345