Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,256 pages of information and 244,497 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Crabtree Electrical Industries

From Graces Guide
5th March 1937.
September 1937.
February 1937. Lincoln flush mounting switch.
July 1938. Lincoln Lampholder.
6th January 1939.
1946.
September 1953.
1995.

of Lincoln Works, Walsall.

1936 A public company, Crabtree Electrical Industries, was incorporated as a holding company for J. A. Crabtree and Co[1]

1937 Advert. Boots Pure Drug Co used Crabtree control gears in a number of their machines.

1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers

1959 Crabtree Electrical Industries acquired C. M. Churchouse and its subsidiary Robbins and Bradley [2]

1961 Manufacturers of electrical accessories and switchgears.[3]

1972 Acquired by the Ever Ready Co (Great Britain)

1982 Hanson Trust acquired the Ever Ready Co (Great Britain) and with it Crabtree Electrical Industries.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Nov 27, 1936
  2. The Times, Jul 13, 1959
  3. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE