Metropolitan-Vickers: Electric Motors
From Graces Guide
1923. Electric winding plant at Hilton Collieries.
Note: This is a sub-section of Metropolitan-Vickers
A substantial business in electric motors had been developed by the predecessor company, British Westinghouse.
1920s Larger machines were developed for use in rolling mills and for mine winders.
1921 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Ltd rebuilt an armament factory on Attercliffe Common in Sheffield, a 9-acre site, to manufacture traction motors.
1923 Attercliffe was made into a self-contained traction motor factory with its own engineering department and the manufacture of complete locomotives and electric delivery vehicles.
Continued in AEI: Electric Motors and AEI: Motor and Control Gear
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