EPW061896 ENGLAND (1939). The Electrical Apparatus Co Ltd Works, St Albans, 1939

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Pennawd	[EPW061896] The Electrical Apparatus Co Ltd Works, St Albans, 1939
Cyfeirnod	EPW061896
Dyddiad	June-1939
Dolen
Enw lle	ST ALBANS
Plwyf
Ardal
Gwlad	ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad	516238, 205453
Hydred / Lledred	-0.3165095515501, 51.735261913047
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol	TL162055

WW2 Air Raid Shelters under construction e70883 Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com	Monday 11th of March 2024 03:16:38 PM
Sandbags protecting entrance. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	John W	Saturday 11th of February 2017 07:11:09 PM
This is where the toolroom was. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Geoff	Sunday 13th of March 2016 09:10:57 AM
Johnson Class 4P Compound No. 1043 Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Hawkshaw	Monday 4th of November 2013 02:02:30 PM
On the Up Fast line Adrodd fel Amhriodol	John W	Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 05:22:44 PM
Former Midland Railway Main Line form London to Derby and the north. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Maurice	Sunday 25th of August 2013 06:50:29 PM
This appears to be a new glasshouse under construction ... newly painted structure but as yet no roof trusses or glass. I wonder how well the investment served the coming hostilities being prepared for at the next door factory. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Maurice	Sunday 25th of August 2013 06:49:22 PM
Photo EW027916, taken in 1948, shows these greenhouses in use and considerably developed further. The orchard trees have mostly disappeared and the land cultivated. I assume all this was done to enhance home food production during the war. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	John W	Saturday 8th of February 2020 06:02:42 PM

I completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker in 1966 at this factory. Looking back a very good comprehensive training scheme. The photo shows a small plaque made up by my friends at my time of leaving. I now live in Perth Western Australia.	Geoff	Sunday 13th of March 2016 09:02:11 AM
Great shot of an LMS 4-4-0 compound (?)Engine number 1043.	mcgeacs	Sunday 25th of August 2013 06:44:51 PM
Yes, this is an LMS engine, but it came from the Midland Railway. It is one of the unsuperheated later Deeley Compounds with shallow frames with 7ft driving wheels. Similar locomotives built by the LMS had 6ft 9" driving wheels. It would have been in LMS crimson, line out in straw and with black borders.	Maurice	Sunday 25th of August 2013 06:44:51 PM
Here's a great example of Aerofilms Ltd A.R.P. work. In 1938 the company was commissioned by the Home Office to take photographs of key factories to assist preparations for home defence. This Air Raid Precautions contract continued right through to August 1939 until the declaration of war grounded civilian flying. You can see how this factory has stacked sand bags up to protect the front entrance; and air raid shelters are under construction beside the building (on the right hand side of the photo). The RAF, in the meantime, was taking air photos of factories and the like that interested the Air Ministry, for exactly the same purpose.	Katy Whitaker	Sunday 25th of August 2013 06:30:41 PM