Simplex Conduits
Simplex Conduits Ltd, of Garrison Lane, Birmingham
Possibly connected with the Simplex Electric Tramway Conduit Syndicate of 1896
1898 Simplex Steel Conduit invented[1] by a Mr Waterhouse; the steel conduits were used for carrying electric cables[2].
1898 Simplex Steel Conduits company formed.
1905 the company moved to larger premises in Garrison Lane, Birmingham, which became the Head Office for a rapidly expanding network of factories and offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Swansea and Bristol[3].
1905 Advert for wiring conduit. (The Simplex Steel Conduit Company of 80 Digbeth, Birmingham and 20 Bucklersbury, London EC). [4]
1906 The company was registered on 4 April, to acquire the business of the Simplex Steel Conduit Co. [5]
1910 Demonstrated Prometheus kettle and Silundum heaters at the Royal Institution to illustrate a talk on electric heating[6].
1910 The 3rd edition of a book on Conduit Wiring was published by Simplex Conduits[7].
1913 Advert for wiring conduit. [8]
1914 Manufacturers of the Simplex conduit system for electrical installations, the Simplex heating and cooking apparatus, art fixtures and fittings and wholesale electrical suppliers. [9]
1917 Advert for wiring conduit. [10]
1919 Advert for wiring conduit. [11]
1919 Tube Investments was registered as a public company, combining the seamless steel tube manufacturing companies of Tubes Limited, Credenda Conduits Co, Simplex ConduitsLtd, Star Tube Co and St. Helen's Tube and Metal[12][13].
1932 Recognising the scope for improvement in the management of its electrical subsidiaries, Tube Investments formed a new organisation that would be responsible for the manufacture and sale of electrical products[14]. Simplex Conduits merged with Credenda Conduit Co to form Simplex Electric Co which began to manufacture Creda domestic cooking appliances in addition to lighting equipment and conduits[15].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ TI advert The Times, 20 February 1969
- ↑ Material relating to Simplex Electric Company Ltd [1]
- ↑ Material relating to Simplex Electric Company Ltd [2]
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1905. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p19
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times, 8 June 1910
- ↑ The Times 27 July 1910
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1913. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p405
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p182
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p16
- ↑ [3] Wikipedia
- ↑ The Times, Tuesday, Feb 14, 1961
- ↑ The Times, 6 December 1932
- ↑ [4]