English Electric Co., Stafford

Move your pointing device over the image to zoom to detail. If using a mouse click on the image to toggle zoom.
When in zoom mode use + or - keys to adjust level of image zoom.

Date:1945 - 1950 (c.)

Description:The employee in this photograph is holding a small coil in her left hand. The manufacture of small coils could involve several hundred (possibly 300/400) turns of insulated wire round a laminated core and they were used on electromagnetic protection relays. In the background are many reels of wire and small iron cores. This Department was transferred in the 1960s to a new factory, Meter Relays and Instruments (often known as MRI) which was built on a separate site in St Leonards Avenue, Stafford. During GEC’s ownership the Meter factory relocated in 1975 to the old Lotus factory in Stone and was known as GEC Meters, subsequently this became ABB Meters.

This image is taken from a Glass Plate Negative donated to the Staffordshire County Museum by Alstom Power, Lichfield Road, Stafford.

Additional information:
Siemens Brothers purchased the land in 1901 and built the factory and offices which were ready to start production in 1903. In 1918 Siemens merged with several companies, including Dick, Kerr and Co., to become the English Electric Co. Two years later in 1920, The English Electric Co bought the Stafford Works. The English Electric Co merged with GEC (The General Electric Company) during 1968 and the Lichfield Road Site became part of GEC Power Engineering Ltd. On 22 March 1989 became part of GEC ALSTHOM, an Anglo French Joint Venture. On 22 June 1998 became part of ALSTOM with global HQ in Paris and until June 2014 continued to be part of the ALSTOM Group.


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1900s
Millwrights at Siemens Bros. factory, Stafford
Millwrights at Siemens Bros. factory, Stafford

Millwrights with a saddle tank locomotive at Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, Stafford ...

1930s
English Electric Co. Stafford and the Ministry of Supply
English Electric Co. Stafford and the Ministry of Supply

English Electric staff and Ministry of Supply personnel are pictured during a visit ...

1970s
Walter Glitheroe, Retirement Presentation, GEC Turbine Generators Ltd., Stafford
Walter Glitheroe, Retirement Presentation, GEC Turbine Generators Ltd., Stafford

This view was taken during the retirement presentation for Walter Glitheroe, Senior ...

Share:


Ordering:Click the button to add the item to your basket. Follow the link for further information on ordering.

Creators: Mr Andy Ellis, Alstom Power, Stafford - Contributor

Donor ref:AE-44.jpg (37/27462)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

Copyright information: Copyrights to all resources are retained by the individual rights holders. They have kindly made their collections available for non-commercial private study & educational use. Re-distribution of resources in any form is only permitted subject to strict adherence to the usage guidelines.