British Insulated Cables Ltd., Prescot, Lancashire : catalogue C.2.M. : overhead equipment for tramways and railless traction : December 1932
The British Insulated Cables Ltd, based at Prescot in Lancashire, were one of several UK cable and electrical equipment manufacturers who served the more specialist market for electric traction - primarily trams but also, at the time of this catalogue, the growing market for 'railless traction' better known as trolleybuses. This catalogue details the many components available for overhead line construction and includes cable ears, hangers, insulators and equipment for junctions such as frogs.
The company had its origins in the 1890 formation of the British Insulated Wire Company whose founders included the brilliant electrical engineer Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti. The name was changed to British Insulated & Helsby Cables following a merger in 1902; the Helsby was dropped in 1925. In 1945 they merged with Callender's to form BICC.
British Insulated Cables Ltd., Prescot, Lancashire : catalogue C.2.M. : overhead equipment for tramways and railless traction : December 1932
The British Insulated Cables Ltd, based at Prescot in Lancashire, were one of several UK cable and electrical equipment manufacturers who served the more specialist market for electric traction - primarily trams but also, at the time of this catalogue, the growing market for 'railless traction' better known as trolleybuses. This catalogue details the many components available for overhead line construction and includes cable ears, hangers, insulators and equipment for junctions such as frogs.
The company had its origins in the 1890 formation of the British Insulated Wire Company whose founders included the brilliant electrical engineer Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti. The name was changed to British Insulated & Helsby Cables following a merger in 1902; the Helsby was dropped in 1925. In 1945 they merged with Callender's to form BICC.