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of 19-24 Floral Street, London, WC2
Strand Electric were the UK's and Europe's principal manufacturers of stage lighting and theatre equipment.
Their head of R&D Frederick Bentham was the designer of the Light Console and many Spotlights. They pioneered the use of die-cast mouldings for spotlight construction.
1937 Manufacturing electrical engineers. [1]
WWII: designed and manufactured TAT training simulators for the Royal Navy.
1968 Acquired by Rank Organisation[2].
Now exist only as a brand name.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times 10 April 1969