GEC Telecommunications Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Peel Works
- Peel Conner Telephone Works Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
- Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Telephone & telegraph equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1888 when GEC established a factory at Manchester to make, inter alia, telephone equipment. 1895 opened a large dedicated factory at Salford known as Peel Works. 1912 telephone interests placed in Peel Conner Telephone Works Ltd. 1921 all telephone equipment manufacture consolidated at a new works in Coventry. From 1961 all GEC telecommunications interests placed in GEC (Telecommunications) Ltd
Publications:
- 'Factory work for women' in B Lancaster & T Mason (eds), Life and Labour in a Twentieth Century City. The experience of Coventry by Castle, Josie
- Factory Work for Women in Interwar Britain. The experience of women workers at GEC and Coutaulds in Coventry by Castle, Josie
- GEC. A complete telecommunications service by Unknown
- GEC Telecommunications in Coventry by Unknown
- GEC Telephones Are Made in Coventry by Unknown
- GEC Training in Telecommunications, Coventry by Unknown
- Key Girls. The engineering industry and women's employment, 1900-1950 by Wightman, Clare M P
- Spon Street Open Day. GEC Telecommunications by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Peel Works
- Peel Conner Telephone Works Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
- Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Telephone & telegraph equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1888 when GEC established a factory at Manchester to make, inter alia, telephone equipment. 1895 opened a large dedicated factory at Salford known as Peel Works. 1912 telephone interests placed in Peel Conner Telephone Works Ltd. 1921 all telephone equipment manufacture consolidated at a new works in Coventry. From 1961 all GEC telecommunications interests placed in GEC (Telecommunications) LtdPublications:
- 'Factory work for women' in B Lancaster & T Mason (eds), Life and Labour in a Twentieth Century City. The experience of Coventry by Castle, Josie
- Factory Work for Women in Interwar Britain. The experience of women workers at GEC and Coutaulds in Coventry by Castle, Josie
- GEC. A complete telecommunications service by Unknown
- GEC Telecommunications in Coventry by Unknown
- GEC Telephones Are Made in Coventry by Unknown
- GEC Training in Telecommunications, Coventry by Unknown
- Key Girls. The engineering industry and women's employment, 1900-1950 by Wightman, Clare M P
- Spon Street Open Day. GEC Telecommunications by Unknown