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[[Image:Im201205Lancs1939.jpg|thumb| 1939. Name plate off a Swift and Summerskill planer. ]] | |||
[[Image:ImLanc-20190110a.jpg|thumb| 1943. Part of a Generating Set. ]] | |||
[[Image:ImLanc-20190110b.jpg|thumb| 1943. Part of a Generating Set (Detail). ]] | |||
[[Image:Im20110923IF-Lancs.jpg|thumb| 1944. Exhibit at [[Internal Fire Museum of Power]]. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im20110923IF-Lancs1944.jpg|thumb| 1944. Exhibit at [[Internal Fire Museum of Power]]. (Detail). ]] | |||
[[image:Im201106GTM-LancDynamo.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Geevor Tin Mine Museum]]. ]] | [[image:Im201106GTM-LancDynamo.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Geevor Tin Mine Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Lancashire_Dynamo01.jpg|thumb| Nameplate at [[Geevor Mine]]]] | [[Image:Lancashire_Dynamo01.jpg|thumb| Nameplate at [[Geevor Mine]]]] | ||
[[image:Im201106GTM-LDCSlipRingIM.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Geevor Tin Mine Museum]]. Slip Ring Induction Motor.]] | [[image:Im201106GTM-LDCSlipRingIM.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Geevor Tin Mine Museum]]. Slip Ring Induction Motor.]] | ||
[[image:Im201106GTM-LDC.jpg|thumb| | [[image:Im201106GTM-LDC.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Geevor Tin Mine Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:LDC01.jpg|thumb|Machine displayed at [[Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry]] (MoSI)]] | [[Image:LDC01.jpg|thumb|Machine displayed at [[Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry]] (MoSI)]] | ||
[[image:Im201106GTM-Lancash.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Geevor Tin Mine Museum]]. ]] | [[image:Im201106GTM-Lancash.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Geevor Tin Mine Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[image:Im201106GTM-Lanc3.jpg|thumb| ]] | [[image:Im201106GTM-Lanc3.jpg|thumb| ]] | ||
[[image:Im20151210RB-Crypto1.jpg |thumb|Circa 1952. Crypton face and hand drier.]] | |||
[[image:Im20151210RB-Crypto2.jpg |thumb|Circa 1952. Crypton face and hand drier.]] | |||
[[image:Im20151210RB-Crypto3.jpg |thumb|Circa 1952. Crypton face and hand drier details.]] | |||
[[image:Im20151210RB-Crypto4.jpg |thumb|Circa 1952. Crypton face and hand drier.]] | |||
[[Image:Im20120104-Lanc1.jpg|thumb| Circa 1952 Crypton face and hand drier with heating element and LDC repulsion motor in base. Seen at Claremont, Western Australia. Note swivel funnel at top. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im20120104-Lanc2.jpg|thumb| Crypton face and hand drier (detail) seen in Claremont, Western Australia. Note swivel funnel at top. ]] | |||
of Trafford Park, Manchester, and Willesden. Factory located at the eastern end of Trafford Park Road, opposite the junction with Warwick Road North. | |||
1899 [[Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Co]] founded. | |||
1932/3 [[Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Co]] amalgamated with [[Crypto Electrical Co]], forming [[Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto]]<ref>The Times, 14 March 1933</ref>. | |||
1936 Subsidiary company formed: [[Crypton Equipment]] Ltd to deal with the company's battery charging, cinema and rectifier business<ref>The Times, 21 February 1936</ref>. | |||
1951 Private company - subsidiary of newly formed [[Lancashire Dynamo Holdings]] Ltd<ref>The Times, 28 February 1951</ref> | |||
1956 The principal subsidiary of '''Lancashire Dynamo Holdings'''. Others were [[Foster Transformers]] Ltd, [[Nevelin Electric Co]], [[Crypto]] Ltd, [[Crypton Equipment]] Ltd, [[Lancashire Dynamo Electronic Products]] Ltd, [[Dynamo and Motor Repairs]] Ltd<ref>The Times, 6 June 1956</ref>. | |||
1956 A new subsidiary, [[Lancashire Dynamo Nevelin]], was formed to incorporate [[Nevelin Electric Co]], maker of rectifiers of Croydon, and '''Lancashire Dynamo Switchgear''' (of Bridgwater) at a new site at Oxted, Surrey<ref>The Times, 1 October 1956</ref>. | |||
1956 '''Lancashire Dynamo Holdings''' acquired [[J. G. Statter and Co]]<ref>The Times, 11 June 1959</ref>. | |||
1960 [[Metal Industries]] acquired Lancashire Dynamo Holdings Ltd to provide automation capability which would be complementary to its existing businesses<ref>The Times, 16 August 1960</ref>. | |||
1961 Electrical engineers, manufacturing a wide range of electrical products. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | |||
1967 [[Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto]] Ltd was acquired by [[AEI]] when [[Thorn Electrical Industries]] acquired '''Metal Industries'''<ref>The Times, 15 September 1967</ref>. | |||
1967 Taken over by '''GEC''' and closed down<ref>'Trafford Park - The First Hundred Years' by Robert Nicholls. Phillimore & Co Ltd., 1996</ref> | |||
1981 Became part of [[GEC Large Machines]] Ltd | |||
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==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
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[[Category: Town - Manchester]] | [[Category: Town - Manchester]] | ||
[[Category: Town - Trafford Park]] | |||
[[Category: Town - Willesden]] | |||
[[Category: Electrical Engineering - Light]] | [[Category: Electrical Engineering - Light]] | ||
[[Category: Controls and Automation]] | |||
[[Category: Electrical Engineering - Heavy]] | |||
Revision as of 11:32, 24 February 2020
1944. Exhibit at Internal Fire Museum of Power.
1944. Exhibit at Internal Fire Museum of Power. (Detail).
Exhibit at Geevor Tin Mine Museum.
Nameplate at Geevor Mine
Exhibit at Geevor Tin Mine Museum. Slip Ring Induction Motor.
Exhibit at Geevor Tin Mine Museum.
Machine displayed at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry (MoSI)
Exhibit at Geevor Tin Mine Museum.
of Trafford Park, Manchester, and Willesden. Factory located at the eastern end of Trafford Park Road, opposite the junction with Warwick Road North.
1899 Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Co founded.
1932/3 Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Co amalgamated with Crypto Electrical Co, forming Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto[1].
1936 Subsidiary company formed: Crypton Equipment Ltd to deal with the company's battery charging, cinema and rectifier business[2].
1951 Private company - subsidiary of newly formed Lancashire Dynamo Holdings Ltd[3]
1956 The principal subsidiary of Lancashire Dynamo Holdings. Others were Foster Transformers Ltd, Nevelin Electric Co, Crypto Ltd, Crypton Equipment Ltd, Lancashire Dynamo Electronic Products Ltd, Dynamo and Motor Repairs Ltd[4].
1956 A new subsidiary, Lancashire Dynamo Nevelin, was formed to incorporate Nevelin Electric Co, maker of rectifiers of Croydon, and Lancashire Dynamo Switchgear (of Bridgwater) at a new site at Oxted, Surrey[5].
1956 Lancashire Dynamo Holdings acquired J. G. Statter and Co[6].
1960 Metal Industries acquired Lancashire Dynamo Holdings Ltd to provide automation capability which would be complementary to its existing businesses[7].
1961 Electrical engineers, manufacturing a wide range of electrical products. [8]
1967 Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto Ltd was acquired by AEI when Thorn Electrical Industries acquired Metal Industries[9].
1967 Taken over by GEC and closed down[10]
1981 Became part of GEC Large Machines Ltd
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 14 March 1933
- ↑ The Times, 21 February 1936
- ↑ The Times, 28 February 1951
- ↑ The Times, 6 June 1956
- ↑ The Times, 1 October 1956
- ↑ The Times, 11 June 1959
- ↑ The Times, 16 August 1960
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, 15 September 1967
- ↑ 'Trafford Park - The First Hundred Years' by Robert Nicholls. Phillimore & Co Ltd., 1996