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 162,367 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Jowett Engineering

From Graces Guide

of Howden Clough, Birstall.

1901 Company founded - see Jowett

1919 Private company - Jowett Cars Ltd.

1935 Public company.

1956 Acquired by Blackburn and General Aircraft[1]

The company became Jowett Engineering Ltd

1960 Absorbed into Hawker Siddeley

1961 Automobile, aeronautical and general engineers. 200 employees.[2]

1979 Name changed to Hawker Siddeley Electric Motors Ltd; the principal business was export of electric motors and control gear.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Sep 24, 1955
  2. * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE