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.

Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory

From Graces Guide

at East Kilbride

1948 The Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory (MERL) was established at Thorntonhall, near East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland. The new laboratory focussed on mechanical engineering research, complementing the work of the CEGB's laboratories in electrical engineering.

1959 The name was changed to the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL)[1]; it was moved to a large, purpose-built site in East Kilbride itself. It was part of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Dec. 23, 1959