Callenders Cable and Construction Co
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of Falkirk, Scotland; also of Hamilton House, Victoria Embankment, London. (1937)
Callenders, originally an importer and refiner of bitumen for road construction, began manufacturing insulated cables in the 1880s at their Erith site on the Thames.
1882 Company established under the style of Callenders Bitumen Telegraph and Waterproof Co Ltd.
1896 Incorporated as a limited company and reconstructed under present name. The company was registered on July 24th, to take over the business of Callenders Bitumen Telegraph and Waterproof Co. [1]
1914 Manufacturers of cables of every description. Speciality: the "Solid System of Mains" and the insulation of cables by vulcanised bitumen. Employees 5,000. [2]
1916 Patent - Improvements in and/or connected with the Protection of Electric Supply or Distribution Systems in which Split or Parallel Conductors are Employed. [3]
1925 February 19th. Founding shareholder in Austin Electric Co
1937 Cable makers and electrical engineers. "Anchor" Cables. "Callender" Cables. [4]
1937 Advert in British Industries Fair Catalogue as Maker of C. M. A. (Cable Makers Association) Cables. (Electricity: Industrial and Domestic Section - Stand Nos. Cb501 and Cb.400) [5]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
WWII: Callenders (together with Glovers of Trafford Park) manufactured the Pluto system (Pipelines under the Ocean) which was vital to supplying fuel to the Allied invasion force in 1944.
1945 British Insulated Cables merged with Callenders and became British Insulated Callenders Cables Limited (BICC).
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ [1] Wikipatents
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p564; and p345
