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RepositoryCheshire Record Office
LevelCollection (Fonds)
ReferenceZCR 420
TitleBrookhirst Switchgear Ltd., electrical engineers
Date1919-1982
DescriptionThe records include personnel record cards, bulletins of the Chester works and magazines of the parent company, Brookhirst Igranic Ltd., subsequently Cutler-Hammer Europa which had its headquarters at Bedford.
Extent0.0475m3
LocationParts of this collection held offsite - consult staff
Access Conditionsheld offsite -consult staff
Administrative HistoryBrook, Hirst and Co, electrical engineers was established at Northgate Electrical Works, Victoria Road in the 1890s. It later became Brookhirst Switchgear Ltd. After becoming a part of Metal Industries Ltd in the 1950s it was merged with Igranic Electric of Bedford to become Brookhirst Igranic Ltd. The Northgate works closed c1968
URLhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-cr420&cid=0

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