Demountable tetrode valve, type 43 E3, by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd., Trafford Park, Trafford, Manchester, Cheshire, England, 1939. The demountable tetrode valve was part of a Chain Home Transmitter. Metropolitan-Vickers demountable tetrode valve, type 43 E3 1939
Correspondence regarding the purchase, insurance and licensing of a car to transport passengers to and from Trafford Hall, between Trafford Park Estates and various car manufacturers including Gilbert & Son, Horsfall & Bickham, The Daimler Motor Company, The Farman Automobile Co., and Argylls Manchester. 1907-1912. File of correspondence relating to Trafford Hall. 1907-1912
Photograph of the members of the Seventh School with Directors and Officers of the Metropolitan-Vickers Company at the Trafford Park Works. The photograph also includes an accompanying identifier of all those present in the photograph. Metropolitan-Vickers Seventh School 1958. 1958
Notes, diagrams, graphs and photographic prints relating to the manufacture and testing of Spitfire at Fords works in Trafford Park. Rolls Royce instruction school notes and photographs
Archive of nineteen folders of photographic negatives, two packets of loose negatives, a folder of contact sheets, five photographic index volumes, a copy of the 150th anniversary publication which has been annotated with the negative numbers for the images used, four copies of a promotional publication "85 Years in Trafford Park", and three fabric badges - two of the Metropolitan-Vickers logo and one of the AEI logo, 1949-1995. Records of the GEC-Alsthom publicity department 1984-1995
Brochure for Power Plant Superheaters, including details and photographs of previous installations. The Superheater Company Limited, Trafford Park, Manchester, c.1950 Brochure for Power Plant Superheaters circa 1950
Card index to technical subjects, compiled in the former technical library at GEC Trafford Park, 1930-1979. Card index to technical subjects 1930-1979
Two half full size drawings (drawing No.X1557283) showing general arrangement of the F2 on cloth and later F3, on paper, axial flow gas turbine engines developed by the company during the Second World War. Sectional Arrangement Drawings of F2 with Augmentor F3 and F3 Axial Flow Gas Turbine Engines 1942-30-11
Two leaflets one giving technical data for the 1200-hp Type 2 Co-Bo diesel-electric locomotive operated by the London Midland Region and the other leaflet, a programme for the 1949 Jubilee visit giving an itinerary for the day and a 3D plan of the site at Trafford Park. Collection of Metropolitan-Vickers Publications 1949-1958
Photographic prints of a Kearsley Power Station electric locomotive operated by the CEGB, Driver's Manuals for Manchester-Glossop electrified line and for Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electrified lines and two GEC Traction Ltd brochures. Photographs, instruction manuals for locomotive drivers and GEC brochures for electric locomotives. 1950-1970
197 paged book providing results of extensive experience by the company in the development of electric motors and apparatus used in the oil industry in a variety of roles. Electric Motors and Associated Equipment for The Oil Industry 1954
1 box the contents of which include: IME Journal offprints; published company history; description of Metropolitan Vickers site; indicator charts and film Collection of papers relating to Metropolitan Vickers Gas Turbine Department 1928-1961
Early programming manual for Mercury Autocode developed at Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd. Description of the Manchester Mercury Autocode System. 1959-04-10
Publicity brochure issued by ICI Pharmaceuticals Division relating to the manufacturing of penicillin at Trafford Park and it's various preparations and uses. I.C.I. Penicillin - It's Production and Range of Preparations 1956
Pass permiting employee use of dining room. There were a number of dining rooms and canteens which were governed by status of the person within the company. This was not an uncommon thing in companies with large work forces. GEC Trafford Park Manchester Upper Dining Room Authorised User No. 078. 1980
A booklet telling the early history of Ford motor car production in England. The British Ford "Facts From the Factory" 1924
One manual produced for the guidance of engineers who were engaged in the design of switchgear, protective systems and automatic electric control schemes, and was produced as a 'handy compendium' of the principle Metrovick protective and control relays. The Relay Manual 1956
Research Department Reports published between 1925 and 1973 consist of research work and materials testing carried out by the Department for Metro-Vicks and other companies. The collection also consists of the Minute Books from the Micanite & Insulators Co Ltd. Research Department Reports. 1922-1973
Two negative images on one sheet of the F/2.1 engine and a group shoot of the people involved in research grouped around the engine. Black and white negative of the F.2/1 turbojet engine 1943
Archival material relating to Metropolitan-Vickers with an emphasis on electronic control systems and processes. Includes early reports on effective use of analogue and digital computers in simulators and control systems. Flow charts and information about structure of Metro-Vicks and the subsequent AEI organisation. Papers collected during John Long's employment with Metropolitan-Vickers and successor companies at Trafford Park. 1957-1971
Publication detailing history of the estate benefits of moving to the estate and names of companies which have already done so. The booklet also includes a printed map of the land for sale or lease and already sold along with the names of the companies occupying the plots. Trafford Park - Sites For Works 1915
Small printed booklet providing information about the working conditions at the company and the occupations for which there were vacancies at the time. Secure employment with M-V 1954
Two files containing catalogues, specifications and price lists for electric traction equipment used in trams, trolleybuses and battery vehicles supplied by British Thomson Houston and Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd. Sales literature for electrical motors and control systems. 1933-1958
Illustrated brochure and bound set of leaflets for resistance welding equipment. Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited, Trafford Park, Manchester, 1959. Brochures and leaflets for Metrovick Resistance Welding and Heating Equipment circa 1939-1959
Volumes I-IV of The Westinghouse Bulletin, company magazine of British Westinghouse (later Metropolitan Vickers), covering the period up to 1915. The Westinghouse Bulletins were created as 'a clearing house for internal information' and contain such topics as: notes on important orders received; talking points on Westinghouse apparatus; comparisons with competitors apparatus; descriptions of new lines of apparatus etc. The Bulletins are arranged with a subject index at the front. They bear the stamp of the Research Library and volumes I & II are inscribed with the name F. Walker, and volumes III & IV with A.P. Fleming. The collection also contains a copy of '1899-1949' by John Dummelow, published to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company. The Westinghouse Bulletin and '1899-1949' - History of Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company 1908-1949
Printed material and drawings relating to Metropolitan Vickers consisting of M-V Gazzette vols XXV & XXVI and indexes to vols XXI, XXII & XXV, and a folder of sectional arrangement and turbine blading arrangement drawings for gas turbines. The Metropolitan-Vickers Gazette 1945-1957
Papers relating to Metropolitan-Vickers and A.E.I. from W K Tedham, Senior Commissioning Engineer on Naval Gas Turbines. Collection includes working papers belonging to Mr Tedham who worked on development and testing of the turbine along with commissioning data for vessels fitted with turbines. Also included in the collection are official Metro-Vicks Publications, photographs, operating manuals and drawings. Commissioning papers relating to the Metropolitan-Vickers G.6 Marine Gas Turbine 1945-1965
A small number of items relating to AEI and GEC consisting of a Brochure, Newsletter, Newspaper cuttings relating to the Turbine Division of GEC, plus a Long Service Award for a former employee. Ephemera from GEC and AEI Ltd 1971-1984
Radar station model. Model of early radar station made by Metropolitan Vickers Mark 37 Director, with instruction booklet date c 1944. Model has receiving unit at the bottom with twin direction dishes at the top, painted grey. Radar station model. Model of early radar station made by Metropolitan Vickers Mark 37 Director circa 1944
Gasket, from a demountable tetrode valve, type 43 E3, by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd., Trafford Park, Trafford, Manchester, Cheshire, England, 1939. The demountable tetrode valve was part of a Chain Home Transmitter. Gasket, from a Metropolitan-Vickers demountable tetrode valve 1939
Velometer, serial no. 2807850, by Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, Trafford Park, Manchester. Date of manufacture 1961 Velometer, serial no. 2807850 1961
Set of engineering drawings for the Mobile Coal-Fired Power Station manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers and supplied to Russia from 1943 onwards. The mobile power stations consisted of three or four trucks, one carrying the boiler and the other the coal-fired generating plant. Collection of engineering drawings for a 5,000K.W. Mobile Power Unit For Rail Transit 1942-1943
A series of journals written for employees of The British Westinghouse Electrical Company and it's successor companies. There is also a copy of the Book of Remembrance for the Second World War and a small number of employee information brochures and technical publications. The series consist of the following journals; The British Westinghouse Club News No.2. - No.61. Vol.V No.63. Vol.V. - No.66. Vol.V. The Metropolitan-Vickers Club News No.67. Vol. V. - No. 76. Vol.V. No.78. Vol.VI. - No.116. Vol.VIII. No.118. Vol.VIII. - No.138. Vol. IX. No.140. Vol.IX. - No.196. Vol.XII. A.E.I. News Vol.1. No.1 - Vol.6. No.12. Company Journals for the British Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company and Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited 1914-1936
Reports and photographs relating to the development of a gas analysis method for use on jet engines such as the MetroVicks F2/4 Beryl, showing combustion chamber failures, blade failures and axial flow failures on Unit 3. Papers of Norman Wightman, Researcher at Metropolitan-Vickers 1940-1959
Display panels giving basic instructions for using on the Metropolitan-Vickers 950 computer. 950 Digital Computer Instruction Sheets circa 1955
Papers and photographs related to the Apprenticeship of Gordon Escott Fox at Metro-Vicks from 1946 until his Twenty First birthday in 1950. Papers and photographs related to an Apprenticeship at the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited. 1943-1950
Volume giving information on the mechanical construction, locomotive performance, layout of equipment and other topics for the Bo+Bo and Co-Co locomotives. Publication - Electric Locomotives for the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Line 1956
A series of of papers documenting the history of the Research Department at the company. Includes a Dissertation undertaken by students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute as part of their degree. Also Notes and Annual reports and minutes of meetings held by Research Department for the period 1916 to 1929. Papers relating to the Research Department of Metropolitan-Vickers. 1919-1990