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Trafford Park in Manchester was a major focus for engineering at the beginning of
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Trafford Park in Manchester was a major focus for engineering at the beginning of
Trafford Park in Manchester was a major focus for engineering at the beginning of the 20th century. The Westinghouse factory that was later to become Metropolitan Vickers, then GEC, then GEC Alsthom and finally Alstom.
This photograph shows the laying of the Main Office foundation stone on 3rd August 1901.
On the day however, George Westinghouse was ill, and the Lord Mayor of London laid the stone, assisted by the Lord Mayor of Manchester. The arched windows of the ground floor of the Main Office are clearly visible to the right.
Laying the corner-stone of the main office block of the British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. August 1901 P008348
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1900s Building Customs Opening Ceremony
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