Chelmsford Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Hall Street Works Commemorative Plaque
Commemorative plaque detailing the history of the former Marconi Wireless Telegraph (and Signal) Company works at Hall Street on the outside wall at The Woolpack Public House on Mildmay Road in the City of Chelmsford in Essex (UK).
The Hall Street Works was located directly opposite The Woolpack and is credited as the first radio factory in the world.
The building itself was constructed in 1861 by John Hall as a silk weaving factory. Mr Guglielmo Marconi with his Marconi Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company took over the building to create the world's first radio factory in 1899 and was occupant up to 1912 when the nearby and much larger Marconi 'New Street Works' were constructed.
In later years The Essex and Suffolk Water Company amongst others were site residents. ESW left in 2010 and now the former radio factory is a collection of luxury apartments.
www.marconiheritage.org/hallstreet-2.html
My Marconi album flic.kr/s/aHsiXbvJwp
Chelmsford Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Hall Street Works Commemorative Plaque
Commemorative plaque detailing the history of the former Marconi Wireless Telegraph (and Signal) Company works at Hall Street on the outside wall at The Woolpack Public House on Mildmay Road in the City of Chelmsford in Essex (UK).
The Hall Street Works was located directly opposite The Woolpack and is credited as the first radio factory in the world.
The building itself was constructed in 1861 by John Hall as a silk weaving factory. Mr Guglielmo Marconi with his Marconi Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company took over the building to create the world's first radio factory in 1899 and was occupant up to 1912 when the nearby and much larger Marconi 'New Street Works' were constructed.
In later years The Essex and Suffolk Water Company amongst others were site residents. ESW left in 2010 and now the former radio factory is a collection of luxury apartments.
www.marconiheritage.org/hallstreet-2.html
My Marconi album flic.kr/s/aHsiXbvJwp