Elm Works, Summerstown, Wimbledon, London ; advert for gas lamps advert in The Municipal & Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932 ; The Standard Catalogue Company ; London ; 1929
The Elm Works is a manufacturer of gas and early electric street lighting that is little known - this c1933 advert (2 pages) shows them based in Summerstown, Wimbledon and making a small range of traditional gas lamps as well as some basic tungsten electric lighting. The '350' swan neck bracket and open reflector looks familiar from streetscenes, particularly of east London, as does the 'Parade' so I wonder if they only had a local market?
The second edition of the vast publication the "Municipal and Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932" contains many hundreds of pages of adverts showing plant, appliances and supplies across a wide range of 'municipal' engineering such as road construction, lighting, refuse disposal, water supplies and sewerage and park equipment.
Elm Works, Summerstown, Wimbledon, London ; advert for gas lamps advert in The Municipal & Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932 ; The Standard Catalogue Company ; London ; 1929
The Elm Works is a manufacturer of gas and early electric street lighting that is little known - this c1933 advert (2 pages) shows them based in Summerstown, Wimbledon and making a small range of traditional gas lamps as well as some basic tungsten electric lighting. The '350' swan neck bracket and open reflector looks familiar from streetscenes, particularly of east London, as does the 'Parade' so I wonder if they only had a local market?
The second edition of the vast publication the "Municipal and Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932" contains many hundreds of pages of adverts showing plant, appliances and supplies across a wide range of 'municipal' engineering such as road construction, lighting, refuse disposal, water supplies and sewerage and park equipment.