Description:The recently opened factory of Messrs. Siemens Bros. Ltd.’s Dynamo Works, Stafford, viewed across the 'swamp pond' which was fed by the Spital Brook.
Siemens’ factory opened on Lichfield Road, Stafford in 1903, relocating 800 employees, including many Germans, from their factory in Woolwich. At the outbreak of the First World War the majority of the German workers returned to their native country. The Stafford Works often known as ‘Main Works’ was renowned for its electrical equipment products including generators, transformers and switchgear. Siemens Brothers purchased land by the Lichfield Road in 1901 and built a 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 this in turn became part of ALSTOM with global HQ in Paris and on 2 November 2015 the Stafford Grid and Power Businesses became part of GE (General Electric, an American Company).
Between 2006 and 2021 a large part of the former Main Works site was demolished and redeveloped as a retail park and a housing development. However, on a separate but neighbouring site the Transformer Works remains and is still operational (October 2026) as part of the GE Vernova group.
This colour-tinted postcard was posted in Little Haywood on 15 August 1908 and sent to an address in Kinver.