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Businesses (107)
- Adamson & Hatchett Ltd, mechanical engineers Dukinfield, Cheshire
- Air Control Installations (Chard) Ltd, blower manufacturers Chard, Somerset
- Anti-Attrition Metal Co Ltd
- Aron Electricity Meter Ltd London
- Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Co. Ltd Openshaw, Lancashire
- Ashton, Frost & Co Ltd, engineers Blackburn, Lancashire
- Ashworth Mosley & Co accountants Manchester, Lancashire
- Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) Manchester, Lancashire;Preston, Lancashire
- AV Roe & Co, aircraft designers and manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire;Stockport, Cheshire
- B & S Massey Ltd, engineers, power & steam hammer & drop stamping plant manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- B Goodfellow, engineers and ironfounders Hyde, Cheshire
- Barlow & Jones Ltd, cotton spinners Manchester, Lancashire;Bolton, Lancashire
- Beyer, Peacock & Co Ltd, locomotive engineers Manchester, Lancashire
- Boddingtons Breweries Ltd Manchester, Lancashire
- British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd London;Crewe, Cheshire;Wales
- British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co Ltd, mfrs of electrical goods and equipment London
- Buckley & Taylor Ltd, engineers, millwrights and ironfounders Oldham, Lancashire
- Calico Printers Association Ltd Manchester, Lancashire
- Callender's Cable and Construction Co Ltd Erith, Kent
- CE Bennett & Co Ltd, cotton doublers Manchester, Lancashire
- Central Electricity Generating Board London;East Horsley, Surrey
- Charles E Goad Ltd, publishers Hatfield, Hertfordshire
- Charles Macintosh & Co, rubber manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- Cosgrove Hall Films, childrens programmes producers Manchester, Lancashire
- Craven Bros (Manchester) Ltd, machine tool makers and crane manufacturers Reddish, Lancashire
- Crossley Brothers Ltd, engine and pump manufacturers, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- Crossley Motors Ltd, motor vehicle manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- Daniel Adamson & Co Ltd, boilermakers Dukinfield, Cheshire
- Duckworth & Co, manufacturing chemists Manchester, Lancashire
- E Timmins & Sons Ltd, engineers, ironfounders, pumping machinery manufacturers and well borers Runcorn, Cheshire
- Electricity Council
- Electricity Northwest North West
- ERA Foundation Ltd, research association
- F Taylor & Sons (Manchester) Ltd, mechanical engineers Manchester, Lancashire
- Factory Communications Ltd, independent record label and band managers, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- Ferranti Ltd, electrical engineers Cheadle, Cheshire
- Fine Spinners & Doublers Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers Bolton, Lancashire
- Forrest & Sym Ltd, iron founders, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- Frederick J Abbott Ltd, barging and warehousing, Castlefield Salford, Lancashire
- Galloways Ltd, boilermakers and engineers Manchester, Lancashire
- GEC Alsthom London
- General Electric Company plc, manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment London
- George Fox & Sons, cotton spinners Dewsbury, Yorkshire
- George Richards & Co Ltd, engineers and machine tool manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- George Swindells & Son Ltd, cotton manufacturers Bollington, Cheshire
- Greater Manchester Theatre Ltd, publisher Manchester, Lancashire
- H & J Quick Ltd, automobile engineers and agents Manchester, Lancashire
- Hammond Electric Light & Power Supply Co Ltd
- Hardman and Holden Ltd, chemical manufacturers, Clayton Clayton, Lancashire
- HE Charlton & Sons, consulting engineers Manchester, Lancashire
- Hick, Hargreaves & Co Ltd, engineers and millwrights Bolton, Lancashire
- HW Kearns & Co Ltd, machine tool manufacturers Darlaston, Staffordshire
- J & N Philips & Co Ltd, tape manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire;Upper Tean, Staffordshire;London
- J & P Coats (UK) Ltd, thread manufacturers Paisley, Renfrewshire
- J & W McNaught, engine builders Rochdale, Lancashire
- J H Humphreys & Sons, electrical engineers Oldham, Lancashire
- Jackson & Brother Ltd, engineers and ironfounders Little Bolton, Lancashire
- James Bertram & Son Ltd, engineers and paper machinery mfrs Leith, Midlothian
- James Marsden & Sons Ltd, cotton spinners Bolton, Lancashire
- JE Barlow & Co Ltd, waterproof clothing manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- John Hetherington & Sons Ltd, cotton machinery mfs Manchester, Lancashire
- John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, mechanical engineers Bolton, Lancashire
- John Noble Ltd, drapers Manchester, Lancashire
- Joseph Cockshoot & Co Ltd, automobile engineers Manchester, Lancashire
- Joseph Wood & Sons (Manchester) Ltd, hosiery, hat and cap mfrs Manchester, Lancashire
- Kendall & Gent (1920) Ltd, machine tool manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- L Gardner & Sons Ltd, mechanical engineers Patricroft, Lancashire
- Lancashire Electric Power Co Lancashire
- Lancashire Hill Rope & Twine Co Ltd, rope manufacturers Stockport, Cheshire
- Linotype & Machinery Co. Ltd, printsetters, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co Liverpool, Lancashire
- London & North Western Railway Co London
- London Electric Supply Corporation Ltd London
- Manchester & Birmingham Railway Co
- Manchester Ship Canal Co Manchester, Lancashire
- Manchester Water Meter Co Ltd Manchester, Lancashire
- Mather & Platt Ltd, mechanical and electrical engineers Manchester, Lancashire
- Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, manufacturers of electrical goods and equipment London;Manchester, Lancashire
- Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, manufacturers of electrical goods and equipment
- Moston Mill Co Ltd, cotton spinners Manchester, Lancashire
- Musgrave Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners Bolton, Lancashire
- National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service, consultancy group, Manchester
- Olivo & Bakirgian, textile merchants, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- P Frankenstein & Sons (Manchester) Ltd, waterproof clothing manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- P Z Cussons plc, toiletries and pharmaceutical merchants and manufacturers Stockport, Cheshire
- Paterson Zochonis & Co Ltd, shipping merchants Manchester, Lancashire
- Pilkington & Mills, cotton spinners and manufacturers Bolton, Lancashire
- Platt Brothers & Co Ltd, ironfounders, textile machinery mfrs and colliery proprietors Oldham, Lancashire
- Plum Mill Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers Heywood, Lancashire
- Private White VC Ltd Glossop, Derbyshire
- R White & Sons Ltd, engineers Widnes, Lancashire
- Richard Harwood & Son Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers Bolton, Lancashire
- Richard Johnson & Nephew Ltd, ironmasters and wire drawers Ambergate, Derbyshire;Manchester, Lancashire
- Rydings Mill, cotton spinners Rochdale, Lancashire
- Shaw, Jardine & Co Ltd, cotton spinners Manchester, Lancashire
- Sir James Farmer Norton (UK) Ltd Manchester, Lancashire
- SKS Ltd, varnish manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- TDS Dextralog Ltd, electrical engineers, Blackburn Blackburn, Lancashire
- Thomas & Joseph Pilkington, cotton spinners Bolton, Lancashire
- Thomas Rivett Ltd, cotton doublers Stockport, Cheshire
- Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd, cotton manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
- Tutbury Mill Co Ltd, cotton doublers Rocester, Staffordshire
- United Turkey Red Co Ltd, dyers and printers Alexandria, Dunbartonshire
- Victor Mill Ltd, cotton manufacturers Stalybridge, Cheshire
- Walter Spencer, hat manufacturer Bury, Lancashire
- Windy Arbour Colliery Co Winstanley, Lancashire
- WT Glover & Co Ltd, electric cable manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire
Organisations (5)
- Friends of the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- Manchester Steam Users Association Manchester, Lancashire
- Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- Oxford Archaeology North Lancaster, Lancashire
- Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors
Persons (33)
- Ainsworth, William Harrison, (1805-1882), novelist
- Alcock, Sir John William, (1892-1919), Knight, aviator
- Berry, Paul Thomas, (1961-2001), animator
- Brown, Percy, (fl 1939-1956), Wing Commander, Royal Air Force
- Chadwick, Roy, (1893-1947), aircraft designer Farnworth, Lancashire;Manchester, Lancashire
- Crook, Professor Alfred William (Jim), (1922-2011), academic & mechanical engineer Trafford, Lancashire
- Davies, Walter Lloyd, (c1911-c1962), engineer
- Dimoldenberg, Jacob, (1892-1965), textile designer Salonica, Turkey;Paris, France;Manchester, Lancashire
- Esler, Samuel Eric, (1918-1949), pilot
- Fairbairn, Sir William, (1789-1874), 1st Baronet, engineer
- Farnie, Professor Douglas A, (1926-2008), historian and lecturer Manchester, Lancashire
- Ferranti, Sebastian Pietro Innocenzo Adhemar Ziani de, (1864-1930), electrical engineer
- Figg, Martin, (fl 1983-1995), general manager of Mitchell Hydraulics Division, Ferranti Instrumentation Ltd
- Gooding, Hubert Thorn, (1903-1988), chief testing engineer, British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC) St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Goodman, Leonard Landon, (1917-2007), engineer
- Gregson, Jean Elizabeth, (fl 1924-1937), textile design artist
- Hough, Victor, (1931-2017), technical illustrator and artist
- Joule, James Prescott, (1818-1889), physicist
- Mather, David Carol Macdonald, (1919-2006), politician
- Mather, Loris Emerson, (1886-1976)
- Megson, George, (fl1970-1984), electrical engineer
- Paine, Randall, (1910-2006), textile designer Failsworth, Lancashire;Manchester, Lancashire
- Pearson, Thomas Stanley, (1899-1985), textile agent
- Perkin, Sir William Henry, (1838-1907), Knight, chemist
- Redrup, Charles Benjamin, (1878-1961), aeronautical engineer and inventor
- Savage, Jon, (b1953), writer, broadcaster and music journalist
- Scott, William, (fl 1817-1859), portrait painter
- Sparkes, Curtis Albert, (fl 1926-1990), mechanical engineer Altrincham, Cheshire
- Sparks, Charles Pratt, (1866-1940), electrical engineer
- Stephenson, George, (1781-1848), Railway Engineer Wylam, Northumberland
- Thomson, William, (1824-1907), Baron Kelvin, physicist
- Wainwright, Trevor, (fl1949-1976), photographer Manchester, Lancashire
- Williamson, Arthur Barry, (fl 1938-1967), electrical engineer for Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd
Diaries (10)
- Booth, A L, (1900-2000), chemist at Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd Manchester, Lancashire
- Harris, Frank Rosslyn, (fl 1931-2004), engineer Manchester, Lancashire
- Holton, Alfred Luddington, (fl 1876), Chief Engineer at Bradford Road Gas Works Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- Jones, Jack, (fl 1944), doctor and former 'Bevin Boy' miner Walkden, Lancashire;Wrexham, Denbighshire
- Kay, Frederick, (fl 1918-1919), pilot Colindale, Middlesex
- Munro, Ian, (fl 1963-2000), scientist & former Director of the Synchrotron Radiation Source Daresbury Daresbury, Cheshire;Manchester, Lancashire
- Nelson, James Christian, (1920-1989), pilot
- Prince, Harry Rodwell, (fl 1928-1966), textile designer Manchester, Lancashire
- Turner, Thomas William, (fl 1820-1849), locomotive engineer Manchester, Lancashire
- West, Jack Bertram, (1917-1956), squadron leader and pilot
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (19)
- NRA 29507 Adamson and Hatchett Ltd, general engineers, Dukinfield
- NRA 32346 JE Barlow & Co Ltd, waterproof clothing mfrs, Manchester
- NRA 32285 Beyer, Peacock & Co Ltd, locomotive engineers, Manchester
- NRA 32235 Joseph Cockshoot & Co Ltd, coach and car body builders, Manchester link to online catalogue
- NRA 29508 Craven Brothers (Manchester) Ltd, machine tool makers, Reddish link to online catalogue
- NRA 13215 Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, electrical engineer: family and business papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 32284 Galloways Ltd, engineers and boilermakers, Manchester: drawings
- NRA 32350 B Goodfellow, engineers, Hyde: drawings
- NRA 29510 Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry: misc accessions
- NRA 29505 Jackson & Brothers Ltd, engineers and ironfounders, Bolton
- NRA 29450 James Prescott Joule, physicist: misc corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22050 Manchester: North Western Museum of Science and Industry collections
- NRA 29506 Mather & Platt Ltd, mechanical, fire and electrical engineers, Manchester
- NRA 32236 J & W McNaught, engine builders, Rochdale: drawings
- NRA 32351 John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, engineers, Bolton: drawings
- NRA 19367 Sir William Henry Perkin, chemist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 29449 SKS Co Ltd, varnish mfrs, Manchester
- NRA 32348 Staley & Millbrook Ltd, cotton spinners, Stalybridge
- NRA 29451 E Timmins & Sons, well borers, Runcorn, Cheshire
Accessions
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