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HERE 'GEORGE RICHARDS ELKINGTON' 1801-65, WHO PATENTED THE WORLDS FIRST COMMERCIAL ELECTROPLATING PROCESS, OPENED HIS NEW 'SILVER ELECTROPLATING WORKS' IN 1841 IN NEWHALL ST, WITH HIS PARTNER COUSIN, HENRY, AFTER BECOMING THE SOLE HEIR TO HIS UNCLES' SILVER PLATING BUSINESS WHERE HE HAD BEEN APPRENTICED FROM 1815. JOSIAH MASON PROVIDED FINANCIAL BACKING AND IT BECAME 'ELKINGTON, MASON & Co' BETWEEN 1842 AND 1861. TAKEN OVER IN 1963 BY BRITISH SILVERWARE LTD, WHICH BECAME PART OF DELTA METAL Co Ltd IN 1971. THE BUILDING BECAME THE LOCATION OF THE 'BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY'.COLONNADED PORTICO WITH COAT OF ARMS SCULPTURE ATOP LASTED TIL 1960'S. CLOSED IN 1997, MOST OF SITE NOW DEMOLISHED.TWO PHOTOS TAKEN BY PHYLLIS NICKLIN ARE AT WWW.PBASE.COM/BEPPUU/PNICKLIN THANKS TO MR KEITH BERRY. '
