Tug and locomotive, GEC Alsthom, Stafford
On the right (left to right) are David Jones and Bernard Duffy who are pictured outside GEC Alsthom Turbine Generators Ltd.'s Over-Speed Control Room on the Lichfield Road site at Queensville in Stafford. ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Bowls Club, Doxey, Stafford
Universal Grinding Wheel Bowls Club, runners-up in the Stone and District Bowling League, Division Three, 1934.
Back row (left to right): S. Carringtom, E Crutchley, A. Blunt, E. Kirk, F. Brough, G. ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
View of the machine shop where wheels are finally cut to size, showing turning lathes. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912.
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
The control room containing instruments for recording and automatically controlling kiln temperature at all stages of the firing cycle of grinding wheels. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
The Laboratory block at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1947. It adjoined the main Office building (off the picture, to the left).
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A view of the experimental department showing a grinder expert testing a wheel on a motor crank shaft. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912. ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A line of electric arc abrasive fusing furnaces. The raw material is melted to form a crystalline structure at temperatures approaching 4,000 degrees centigrade. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Showing four of the battery of kilns. This department is where the raw product was vitrified to form the grinding wheel. The kiln shown in the foreground is in course of firing and had a capacity of 14 ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Factory No.3 at the Universal Grinding Wheel Co. factory on Doxey Road, Stafford. This is where machining and finishing processes took place.
The origins of Universal go back to Rooper & Harris Ltd’s ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Showing part of the battery of testing machines where wheels undergo the severest stresses before passing to the inspection department. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Accurately weighed bonding materials being conveyed to the mixing department. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
The origins of Universal go back ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
An aerial view of the Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd. factory on Doxey Road . All the office and manufacturing buildings can be seen, and at the top of the image can be seen the cricket ground, and ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A corner of the mixing shop inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912. In the middle foreground are multi-planular rockers, used to exclude the ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
The inspection for accuracy of grade and dimensions of grinding wheels. Inside Factory No.3 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
The origins of Universal go back to Rooper ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
The main office building of the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1937 and demolished early 2020.
The origins of Universal go back to Rooper & Harris Ltd’s Castle ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Part of the drying room with floor grids removed to show the method of heat distribution. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912.
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Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
A "pig" of white Bauxilite abrasive weighing many tons being moved from the electric furnace prior to the crushing and sieving operation. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
Plant used for the preparation of the powdered bonding materials used in grinding wheels. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
The origins of Universal ...