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Dartec, specialist in testing machines, Stourbridge

D-EXP/P/I39/11 8 Oct 1977 Wolverhampton Archives

A steel bar which was snapped by an earthquake simulator, due to be sent to New Zealand for research into making buildings safe from earthquakes.

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Component Developments, Telford

D-EXP/P/I40/168 29 Oct 1985 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm used stainless steel to meet the high hygiene standards in the food and drink industry. Villiers Chillcott is mentioned.

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Offshore Marine Engineering, Aldridge

D-EXP/P/I45/14 23 Nov 1982 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm commissioned a launching platform for a deep sea diving bell to be shipped to Australia, manufactured by Precision Machinery and Steel Fabrications of Folkes Road, Lye. The photograph shows Tom Edwards and Jack Ransom (right).

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Old Hall Tableware Limited, Bloxwich

D-EXP/P/I45/23 25 Aug 1978 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm was celebrating its golden jubilee. The photograph shows Mary Cund with a teapot and the world’s first stainless steel toast rack.

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Victoria Square, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W1V/1 18 Oct 1991 Wolverhampton Archives

A stainless steel column known as the Statue of Light and bearing the town motto Out of Darkness Cometh Light was commissioned by Wolverhampton Council and sculpted by Hugh Tessier. The Department of the Environment is mentioned.

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Caswell Cranes and Erection, Ltd., Birmingham

D-EXP/P/I40/249 30 Nov 1967 Wolverhampton Archives

A link arm spreader set up at Lloyds Proving House, Netherton. The Steel Company of Wales, Port Talbot, and Cheshire are mentioned.

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Haybridge Steelworks, Wellington

D-EXP/P/I28/113 15 Dec 1972 Wolverhampton Archives

The new bright drawing shop showing in the foreground a Samuel Platt patented hydraulically-driven two-roll, variable angle variable speed bar straightening machine.

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Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co, Stafford Road, Bushbury

D-EXP/P/I41/96 5 May 1993 Wolverhampton Archives

Fred Steel and John Jentgen with love birds Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. Each month the birds were presented to the production team with the poorest record, to be cared for by that team for a month.