Brook Motors Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Brook, Ernest
- Brook, E, Ltd
- Hawker Siddeley
- Brook Crompton
- Empress Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical generators, motors, transformers, etc, production
Notes:
Established 1904 by Ernest Brook to make 'single phase motors and control gear'. Incorporated 1905 as E Brook Ltd. Manufacturer of electric motors. Opened major new works 1917. By 1936 employing c400. Public company 1950. By 1957 employing 3,000. Subsequently part of Hawker Siddeley and later other owners. Now trades as Brook Crompton
Publications:
- About Ourselves, 1904-1937 by Unknown
- Alternating Current Electric Motors ... ; with supplement [on history of Brook Motors] by Unknown
- Brook Motors Ltd. An international company by Unknown
- Souvenir of the Opening of Empress Works, 6 October 1917 by Unknown
- This is Brook by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Brook, Ernest
- Brook, E, Ltd
- Hawker Siddeley
- Brook Crompton
- Empress Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical generators, motors, transformers, etc, production
Notes:
Established 1904 by Ernest Brook to make 'single phase motors and control gear'. Incorporated 1905 as E Brook Ltd. Manufacturer of electric motors. Opened major new works 1917. By 1936 employing c400. Public company 1950. By 1957 employing 3,000. Subsequently part of Hawker Siddeley and later other owners. Now trades as Brook CromptonPublications:
- About Ourselves, 1904-1937 by Unknown
- Alternating Current Electric Motors ... ; with supplement [on history of Brook Motors] by Unknown
- Brook Motors Ltd. An international company by Unknown
- Souvenir of the Opening of Empress Works, 6 October 1917 by Unknown
- This is Brook by Unknown