Bradford motors make Bradford suitings - advert issued by The English Electric Co Ltd : Bradford Chamber of Commerce Centenary, 1851 - 1951
In 1951, to celebrate their centenary, the Bradford Chamber of Commerce produced a fine publication that includes information as to the many retail, industrial and manufacturing concerns based in the city and who were represented in the Chamber. At the time Bradford was one of the centres of the world's woollen trade and industries.
This advert shows the products of the English Electric works at Thornbury in Bradford where the company manufactured the bulk of its electric motors for both industrial and traction purposes. The factory's name - the Phoenix Works, dates from the pre-merger days in 1918 that created English Electric, when the Phoenix Dynamo Company was based here.
Bradford motors make Bradford suitings - advert issued by The English Electric Co Ltd : Bradford Chamber of Commerce Centenary, 1851 - 1951
In 1951, to celebrate their centenary, the Bradford Chamber of Commerce produced a fine publication that includes information as to the many retail, industrial and manufacturing concerns based in the city and who were represented in the Chamber. At the time Bradford was one of the centres of the world's woollen trade and industries.
This advert shows the products of the English Electric works at Thornbury in Bradford where the company manufactured the bulk of its electric motors for both industrial and traction purposes. The factory's name - the Phoenix Works, dates from the pre-merger days in 1918 that created English Electric, when the Phoenix Dynamo Company was based here.