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New Conveyor Co., Ltd., Smethwick

The New Conveyor Company specialised in conveyors and elevators but also operated as general mechanical engineers. In 1914 the company was listed as proprietors of the Midland Engineering Company. It was acquired by Tube Investments, Ltd in 1951. In 1961 the firm employed 800 people and in 1968 it supplied the coal handling plant for Cottam Power Station.

 

This 1907 advert was published in the Journal of Gas Lighting.

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Uploaded on January 24, 2015