WH Allen, Sons & Co Ltd, diesel engine manufacturers, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical engineers

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Date:	1880-2002
Places:	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Electrical > Electrical engineering and contracting \| Engineering: Mechanical > Engines, prime movers \| Engineering: Mechanical > Pumps, valves, compressors and hydraulic equipment \| Engineering: Mechanical > Mechanical engineering (general) \| Engineering: Mechanical > Shipbuilding and marine engineering
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C105888 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B2628 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1880-1976: design, production notebooks and photographs	Bedfordshire Archives	X 703	NRA 6970 Bedfordshire misc See LA Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry (1992)
2	1905-53: papers rel to the development of the Allen-Electra steam turbine, and scrap book	Institution of Mechanical Engineers Archive	IMS	NRA 41354 Institution
3	c1880-2002: further technical drawings, photographs, publications and other records	Bedfordshire Archives	AQ	See Annual Return 2005, 2010, 2016
4	1947-1960: reports, working instructions, bulletins	Institution of Mechanical Engineers Archive	IMS 490	See Annual Return 2006 Acc 1046