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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

Birmingham Battery and Metal Factory

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of Selly Oak

1836 Took over the old premises of William Jenkins and Son. Started making wire, brass-foundry and 'battery' products

1871 Equipped new mill at Selly Oak

1902 Brass and copper wire [1]

Made brass condenser tubes

1922 Commissioned a new tube mill

1933 The mill started to produce copper plates for locomotive fire-boxes

See Birmingham Battery and Metal Co

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Kelly’s Trade Directory 1902
  • Birmingham’s Industrial Heritage by Ray Shill. Published by Sutton Publishing 2002. ISBN 0-7509-2593-0