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.

British Driver-Harris Co

From Graces Guide

of Gaythorn Mill, Albion Street, Manchester. - 1937

of Bird Hall Lane, Cheadle Heath, Stockport. - 1961

1908 Company founded.

1917 Private company formed.

1921 Name changed.

1937 Cable and wire manufacturers. "Nichrome" Wires, Cables and Resistances.[1]

1961 Electric resistance wire and cable manufacturers. Contractors to Government Authorities. British Railways and Municipal Authorities. 620 employees.[2]

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