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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
The origins ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd, Stafford
View of the plant showing the dust extracting apparatus which ran throughout the factory. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford, built in 1912. Most of the ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd., Stafford
This view of an assortment of Universal Grinding Wheel’s products in a storage area at the Doxey Road factory in Stafford was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
Over the years the company ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co., Doxey, Stafford
Selecting grinding wheels for delivery in the packing department at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory. 70 year old Albert Kington checks an invoice whilst 77 year old Ted Byrnes and 76 year old George ...
Universal Grinding Wheel Co., Factory Interior, Stafford,
The Universal Wheel Grinding Co. factory was established in 1913, on Doxey Road.
By the 1970s the company was the largest manufactory of emery wheels and grindstones in Europe.
US visitors at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
Eleven representatives of the biggest shoe manufacturers in the United States on a visit to Lotus Ltd’s shoe factory on Sandon Road, Stafford. The group included all of the members of the Technical Committee ...
Victory Celebrations at English Electric Co., Stafford,
Female factory workers at the English Electric Co. factory on Lichfield Road celebrate victory at the end of World War Two.
The company had changed to war work on the outbreak of war, as they had ...
Victory Celebrations in the cutting room, Lotus Ltd., Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. Joseph Rigby is leaning on the bench at the front with his arms folded.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth ...
Victory celebrations, English Electric Co., Stafford
Female employees celebrate Victory at the end of World War Two in one of the typing pools on the Lichfield Road Site in Stafford; note the decorations and tin hats hanging on the wall. In later years ...
Victory Celebrations, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone
The closing room decorated to celebrate victory at the end of the First World War.
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded ...