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 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.

Meco

From Graces Guide

1906 First Meco closed-circuit breathing apparatus for mine rescue was made[1]

1909 Mining Engineering Co (Meco) founded

1968 Dowty acquired Higgins Boughton Industries and its principal subsidiary Mining Engineering Co (Meco) of Worcester[2].

In its heyday, more than 1,000 employees passed through its gates in Worcester.

1979 became Dowty Meco

1989 Management buy-out from Dowty, presumably as Meco Mining Equipment Ltd

1993 Became Longwall International after the company was merged with the mining equipment interests of the Dobson Park Group.[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1918/09/13
  2. The Times, 16 January 1968
  3. The Times, January 20, 1993