Peel Conner Telephone Works Ltd
Other Business Names:
- GEC Ltd
- Conner, M S
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
- Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Telephone & telegraph equipment production
Notes:
Established 1910 as a subsidiary of GEC Ltd to acquire its telephone making operations at Peel Works, Salford, where M S Conner, an important developer of telephone technology, worked. Also made telegraphic equipment. Company wound up in 1921 and production relocated to Coventry although the Peel Conner brand name continued in use for several years. From 1960s GEC's telecommunications equipment manufacture and services 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
- Key Girls. The engineering industry and women's employment, 1900-1950 by Wightman, Clare M P
- Peel Conner Progress, 1908-1927 by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- GEC Ltd
- Conner, M S
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
- Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Telephone & telegraph equipment production
Notes:
Established 1910 as a subsidiary of GEC Ltd to acquire its telephone making operations at Peel Works, Salford, where M S Conner, an important developer of telephone technology, worked. Also made telegraphic equipment. Company wound up in 1921 and production relocated to Coventry although the Peel Conner brand name continued in use for several years. From 1960s GEC's telecommunications equipment manufacture and services 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
- Key Girls. The engineering industry and women's employment, 1900-1950 by Wightman, Clare M P
- Peel Conner Progress, 1908-1927 by Unknown