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 162,255 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Holophane

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June 1898.
February 1937. Sodium street lighting.
March 1939.

of Elverton Street, London.

of 12, Carteret-street, Westminster, London.

of Teams Glassworks, Gateshead

1896 Business established.

1896 George Davidson and Co started to produce prismatic illuminating ware for the Holophane company. This type of glassware had to be made to a high precision to achieve the desired light distribution. This was the start of a long association between the 2 companies.

1909 Holophane Glass Co, of 12, Carteret-street, Westminster , London, offered the Holophane system of illumination.

1922 Holophane Scientific Illumination was at 12, Carteret Street, Westminster, S.W.1.

1926 Company incorporated.

1951 Tank and pot furnaces: gas. Illuminating glassware, with the use of precision designed prismatic glassware in lighting fittings as a special feature. Trade Names: Holophane; Holoflux; Vertilateral.

1961 Scientific lighting glassware manufacturers and street lighting, commercial and industrial illuminating engineers. [1]


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