Description | Includes:
Item on Henry Ford Museum, Detroit has two Willans engines (photo) – 1895 (compound) and 1900 (simple) purchased in 1932;
Spotlight on Naval Department – part of the Industrial and Marine Steam Turbine Division (IMSTD) based at Trafford Park;
Article on General Engineering and Overseas Manufacturing Division – provides manufacturing work outside the sites own product (turbine generators);
Willans Fire Brigade – in existence since the 1890s and covered Rugby as well as the works (with photo showing the Willans Brigade c1913). |