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Collapse 01504 - RECORDS OF THE WILLANS WORKS, RUGBY - 1871 - 200901504 - RECORDS OF THE WILLANS WORKS, RUGBY - 1871 - 2009
Expand 1 - Corporate and Administrative records - 1874 - 19731 - Corporate and Administrative records - 1874 - 1973
Expand 2 - Financial records - 1894 - 19992 - Financial records - 1894 - 1999
Expand 3 - Workforce records - 1887 - 20013 - Workforce records - 1887 - 2001
Expand 4 - Property and Plant records - 1871 - 20094 - Property and Plant records - 1871 - 2009
Expand 5 - Production records5 - Production records
Expand 6 - Sales and Marketing records - 1880s - 20016 - Sales and Marketing records - 1880s - 2001
Collapse 7 - Corporate Relations7 - Corporate Relations
Expand 1 - Publications1 - Publications
Collapse 2 - Publicity2 - Publicity
Expand 1 - Presentations (including papers given at conferences, symposiums etc) - 1893 - 19961 - Presentations (including papers given at conferences, symposiums etc) - 1893 - 1996
Expand 2 - Exhibitions2 - Exhibitions
Expand 3 - Visits3 - Visits
Expand 4 - Events4 - Events
Expand 5 - Press releases5 - Press releases
Collapse 6 - Articles including reprints, technical articles, general articles, press cuttings6 - Articles including reprints, technical articles, general articles, press cuttings
1 - Engineering' newspaper, vol XXXVII no. 943 including article on Willans receiver compound engine - 25 January 1884
2 - Engineering' newspaper, vol XXXIX no. 1007 including article on Willans receiver compound engine - 17 April 1885
3 - Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the death of Peter Willans on 23 May 1892 including from the Surrey Advertiser, Surrey Comet, The Engineer, The Electrical Engine, The Electrician, The Electrical Review, Engineering, The Institution of Mechanical Engineering Memoirs - 1892
4 - Photocopy of article on the Willans Central Valve Engine from American Machinist (volume 16, no. 43) - 26 October 1893
5 - Typed copy of extract from The Rugby Advertiser (Saturday 12 December 1896) relating to the works opening on Tuesday [8 December 1896] when the first lathe was started and a crank was turned - 1896
6 - Reprint from The Engineering Magazine 'A short description of Willans & Robinson works at Rugby' (includes photos) - 1900
7 - Photocopy of article from Engineering on the Willans triple-expansion engine at the Paris exhibition - 27 April 1900
8 - Photocopy of article from Engineering on a visit to the Victoria Engine works, Rugby - 6 July 1900
9 - Photocopy of American Machinist article on visit to the Rugby works - 26 July 1900
10 - American Machinist article on the shops of the Willans & Robinson company at Rugby, England (including general plan, photographs) - 22 June 1901
11 - Photocopy of article from The Engineer on Battersea Central electric power station (including Willans central valve engine) - 4 October 1901
12 - Photocopy of The Engineer article on the Willans & Robinson Queensferry works in North Wales (including plan and illustrations) - 1 July 1904
13 - Brochure reprint of article from Engineering (3 January 1908) on The Willans-Parsons steam turbine constructed by Messrs Willans & Robinson Ltd, engineers, Rugby - 1908
14 - Brochure reprint from Engineering (14 November 1913) on 'Large Willans "disc and drum" steam turbines built for the New South Wales government' - 1913
15 - Photocopy of Mark Robinson obituaries from The Engineer and The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Memoirs - 1923
16 - Brochure reprint of article from Engineering (November/December 1924) on geared steam turbo-generator sets - January 1925
17 - Brochure reprint of article from Engineering (November/December 1924) on geared steam turbo-generator sets - May 1929
18 - Newspaper cuttings from 'The Daily Herald', 'The Times', and 'The Daily Telegraph' about English Electric re-organisation and agreement with Westinghouse about sharing technical information - June 1930
19 - Brochure reprint of article from Engineering (December 1930) on back-pressure 10,000 kW steam turbo-generators for Yallourn, Victoria [Australia] - January 1931
20 - Brochure reprint of article from The Engineer (February 1933) on English Electric medium speed oil engine type K - February 1933
21 - Booklet reprint of article from The Engineer (August 1935) on 'Calculation of turbine reheat factor' by HG Yate - 1935
22 - Brochure reprint of article from Engineering (February 1936) on 300 kW back-pressure emergency turbine set at Hayle power station - 1936
23 - Brochure reprints of article from The English Electric Journal (September 1936) on multi-cylinder steam turbines - 1936
24 - Leaflet reprint of article from The Electrical Times (4 November 1937) on Arc suppression coils and their application by WE Milton Ayres - 1937
25 - Booklet reprint from The Engineer 'Steam turbine performance at partial loads' by HG Yates (February 1938) - 1938
26 - Brochure reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (April 1941) 'some notes on fuel injection and combustion in compression-ignition engines' by GH Paulin, Chief Engineer, Internal Combustion Dept - 1940?
27 - Photocopy of obituary notice for Peter Willans (1892) reprinted from the Proceedings of the Physical Society - 1941
28 - Insert reprint of article from The Electrical Times (18 January 1945) on Stourport B power station - 1945
29 - Brochure reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (June 1945) 'some notes on torsional vibration in internal combustion engines' by L Berlan, Internal Combustion Engine Dept, Rugby - 1945?
30 - Brochure reprint of article from The Commonwealth Engineer (March 1946) on Balmain high pressure superposed power plant - 1946
31 - Leaflet reprint of article from The Electrical Review (26 April 1946) on Generation at Blackburn - 1946
32 - Newspaper cuttings volume relating to English Electric (indexed) - 1946 - 1950
33 - Leaflet reprint of article from The Engineer (May 1947) 'An analysis of surface condenser performance' by RW Haywood - 1947
34 - Kyrle Willans article from The Motor Boat And Yachting 'Through inland waterways in 1876' on steam launch Black Angel's trip [owned by his father Peter Willans] - December 1947
35 - Leaflet reprint of article in Electrical Review (October 1947) on Extension of Balmain power station - 1947
36 - Brochure reprint from the British Diesel Engine Catalogue published by the British Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers' Association (first edition 1947) of English Electric diesel engines - 1947
37 - Leaflet reprint of article from 'Gas And Oil Power' (February - March 1948) on Fullagar opposed-piston engine for Bermuda - 1948
38 - Leaflet reprint of article from The Engineer on Vierfontein power station - [1950]
39 - Leaflet reprint of article from Engineering (1950) on the Stourport B station of the British Electricity Authority - 1950
40 - English Electric brochure reprint of article from The English Electric Journal on Stourport 'B' generating station by LC Hookins, WE Peters and VJ Vickers - 1951?
41 - 'The Steam Engineer' (vol XX no 237) with article by Kyrle Willans on 'two early Willans marine engines' - June 1951
42 - Brochure reprint of article from English Electric Journal (volume 12, number 3 June 1951) on Loch Sloy power scheme of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board - 1951
43 - Photocopy of article 'PW Willans: a centenary memoir' by Kyrle Willans in Engineering - 9 November 1951
44 - Insert reprint of article from Engineering (1951) on the 240 MW steam power station at Windsor, Ontario - 23 November 1951
45 - Booklet reprint of article from Electrical Industries (May 1952) 'Progress of a modern power station - Bromborough' by JHM Sykes - 1952
46 - Brochure reprint of article from the English Electric Journal (June 1952) 'Supervisory aids in high pressure high temperature steam turbine operation' - 1952
47 - English Electric brochure reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (June 1952) on Tekapo Hydro-Electric plant, New Zealand by HL Bazalgette - 1952
48 - Brochure reprint of article from English Electric Journal (December 1952) on further hydro-electric power developments in Scotland (Fasnakyle and Lussa power stations) by JC Beverley - 1952
49 - Booklet on 'design features of the 60000 kW turbo generating sets at the J Clark Keith power station, Windsor' [Ontario, Canada] written by Alex C Hirst, Sales Manager, Steam Turbine Division, English Electric - [1952]
50 - Booklet reprint of article from De Ingenieur (1952) on modern turbo-alternator plant by AWC Hirst - 1952
51 - English Electric brochure reprint of article from The English Electric Journal on 3,600 hp, 3,000 volts direct current locomotives for the Spanish national railways - 1953
52 - Brochure reprint of article from the English Electric Journal (volume 13, number 2 June 1953) on Cofrentes Hydro-Electric development by HL Bazalgette - 1953
53 - Photocopy of article 'Fifty Years of Steam Turbine Development' by KJ Leeming, Sales Engineer, Steam Turbine Section - 1953
54 - Brochure reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (December 1953) on the control or governor gear for steam turbines by W Twynham - 1954?
55 - 'Mirror reverse' copy of reprint of article from Oil And Gas Power (February 1954) on Britain's largest diesel driven works power house (at new Leyland Ministry of Supply factory) - 1954
56 - English Electric brochure reprint of article from The Engineer (15 June 1956) on 'Large high-pressure high-temperature steam turbines' by J Caldwell - 1956
57 - English Electric booklet reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (December 1956) on Drakelow 'A' power station - 1957
58 - Photocopy of Kyrle Willans article from Model Engineer 'an uncommon type of vertical boiler' - 13 June1957
59 - Booklet reprint of article from Electrical Review (8 August 1958) on Willington 'A' power station - 1958
60 - Brochure reprint of article from Electrical Review (August 1958) on High Marnham [power station] - 1958
61 - Brochure reprint of article from the English Electric Journal (September and December 1958) on 'British Hydro-Electric Plant And World Power Requirements' - 1958
62 - Brochure 'Problems confronting a purchaser in selecting a nuclear power station' by DC Eastwood of the Atomic Power Division, English Electric - February 1959
63 - English Electric brochure reprint of article from The South African Mechanical Engineer (February 1960) on 'A closed circuit cooling system for steam generating plant' by LJ Cheshire and JH Daltry - 1960
64 - Brochure reprint of article from Electrical Review (February 1960) on pumped storage plant (also 'Ffestiniog') - 1960
65 - English Electric brochure reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (March 1960) on High Marnham power station - 1960
66 - Booklet reprint of article from Engineering And Boiler House Review (March 1960) on Little Barford 'B' power station - 1960
67 - Leaflet reprint of article from 'Engineering' (24 February 1961) on 'Current Trends In Steam Turbine Design' by R Ecker, Chief Designs Engineer (Development & Technical Sales), Steam Turbine Division, The English Electric Company Ltd - 1961
68 - Leaflet reprint of article from 'Nuclear Engineering' (September 1961) 'From Hinkley to Sizewell' - September 1961
69 - English Electric booklet reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (Jan-Feb 1963) on governing and control of large turbo generators - 1963
70 - Booklet reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (May-June 1964) on 'The modern English Electric steam turbine for large outputs' by Alex C Hirst, Generating Plant Consultant, Rugby - 1964
71 - Page from 'Electrical Review' (6 November 1964) with note on Willans & Robinson receiving order from British Thomson-Houston for large engines for the Bankside power station on the Thames (referring to article in the Electrical Review of 2 November 1894) - 6 November 1964
72 - Photocopies of press cuttings about Fiddlers Ferry power station - 1964 - 1970
73 - English Electric booklet reprint of article from The English Electric Journal (November-December 1964) on the experience in the design and operation of large steam turbine generating plant - 1965
74 - Booklet on Sizewell 580,000 kW nuclear power station (with the compliments of English Electric, Babcock & Wilcox, Taylor Woodrow Atomic Power group) - 1965
75 - Booklet reprint of article from the English Electric Journal (volume 20, number 1, January-February 1965) on the dry cooling tower system at Rugeley power station of the Central Electricity Generating Board - 1965
76 - Brochure reprint of article from Nuclear Engineering (April 1965) on Hinkley Point, Sizewell, Wylfa Head - a logical development - 1965
77 - Photocopy of article on 900 MW generator design based on paper to be presented by WC Blair, English Electric in Prague - 18 November 1966
78 - Photocopy of article on initiating turbine designers from Electrical Times - 16 March 1967
79 - Photocopy of article on turbine test-time reduced from 'Marconi Company's And Their People' (about instruments developed by Marconi and Steam Research Department at English Electric, Rugby) - 1 March 1967
80 - File of Willans Works newspaper cuttings (mostly photocopies): 1967-1968 (events) and 1983-1989 (people) - 1967 - 1989
81 - File of press cuttings photocopies on English Electric/Elliott Automation merger - 1967
82 - File of press cuttings (including photocopies) on GEC/English Electric merger - 1968
83 - File of press cuttings photocopies on English Electric/Plessey proposal - 1968
84 - English Electric booklet reprint of article from English Electric Journal (November-December 1967) on the 375 MW super-critical steam turbine at Drakelow 'C' power station - 1968
85 - English Electric-AEI Turbine Generators Ltd leaflet reprint of article from Electrical Times (23 April 1970) on first 660 MW generator without brushes - 1970
86 - English Electric-AEI Turbine Generators Ltd brochure reprint of article from GEC Journal of Science & Technology (volume 38, no. 1 1971) on large steam turbines for conventional and nuclear power stations by D Kalderon - 1971
87 - GEC Turbine Generators Limited leaflet reprint of article from GEC Journal of Science & Technology (volume 39, no. 1 1972) on development of high-voltage insulation systems for rotating machines by JE Neal - 1972
88 - GEC Turbine Generators Limited brochure reprint of article from GEC Journal of Science & Technology (volume 43, no. 2 1976) on 1200 MW four-pole generators for nuclear power stations in the USA by FRL Creek - 1976
89 - Article from 'Rugby Advertiser' to celebrate centenary of Peter Willans entering into partnership with Mark Robinson - 1980
90 - Article from 'Rugby Advertiser' to celebrate centenary of Peter Willans entering into partnership with Mark Robinson - November 1980
91 - Article from Rugby newspaper on centenary of Willans & Robinson partnership - [1980]
92 - Article from 'CME' on 25 years of geothermal power generation - September 1984
93 - Offprint of article from Alsthom Review (No. 2 1985) on 'A new architecture for large impulse turbines' - 1985
94 - Photocopy of article from International Power Generation (December 1985-January 1986) on the development of GEC turbine generators - 1985
95 - Photocopy of article 'Nuclear LP [low pressure] Turbine Design and operating experience' by Pierre Aubry, Serge Bayard and Ahmed Anis - 1985?
96 - Photocopy of article from Financial Times on Roy Cotterill leaving GEC to become Managing Director of Cambridge Instrument Company - 30 September 1985
97 - Photocopy of article from Modern Power Systems on 'ten per cent of UK power can be supplied by Drax' - February 1986
98 - Photocopy of article from Electronic Times on the GEC centenary - 'evolution of a giant hungry for power' - April 1986
99 - Business magazine with article 'Can GEC live without Plessey?' on Lord Weinstock - April 1986
100 - Photocopy of Electrical Review section on power systems - mentions GEC turbines for Littlebrook power station - September 1986
101 - GEC Turbine Generators Limited brochure reprint of article from International Power Generation (December 1986-January 1987) on the design of full speed 985 MW turbine for Daya Bay nuclear station, China - 1987
102 - Financial Weekly magazine with article on GEC and Lord Weinstock - April 1987
103 - Brochure reprint of article from Nuclear Engineering International - 'China imports French and British technology for a twin unit PWR station' - September 1987
104 - Photocopy of article from Rugby Evening newspaper on GEC Turbine Generators Ltd £165 million contract to build power station in China - 15 February 1988
105 - Leaflet reprint of article from International Power Generation (February 1988) on 'life extension and refurbishment of steam turbine plant' by J Muscroft - 1988
106 - Photocopy of article on steam turbines for PWR stations by J Muscroft from Atom 347 - January 1989
107 - Le Courant magazine special supplement on GEC Alsthom merger (in French) - May 1989
108 - GEC Alsthom Turbine Generators Ltd brochure reprint of article from Modern Power Systems (August 1989) 'Yue Yang power station brings nine-fold power increase' by Charles Norman. - 1989
109 - File of press cuttings photocopies on GEC/Alsthom merger - 1989
110 - GEC Turbine Generators Ltd brochure on Castle Peak 'A' power station turbine-generators and associated plant by FRL Creek, E Goldwag and FR Harris - 1990s
111 - GEC Turbine Generators Limited brochure reprint of Modern Power Systems article on the design choices for Hong Kong's Castle Peak B power station (by B McCann and J Jesson) - 1990s
112 - Photocopy of Power Engineering Journal article on the design of 985 MW, two pole, 300 rev/min turbine generators for Daya Bay nuclear power station (by FRL Creek) - May 1990
113 - Letter from Honorary Archivist John Williams published in the Rugby Advertiser on the demolition of the GEC Alsthom chimney at Mill Road, [Rugby] that was once part of the British Thomson-Houston power house that supplied Rugby with electricity from 1903-1923 - Jun-91
114 - Letter from [Willans Works Honorary Archivist] John Williams on searchlight steam-powered generating set published in IEE Review (July/August 1992) - 1992
115 - GEC Alsthom Power Generation and Powergen brochure on Connah's Quay 1400MW combined cycle power station - 1993?
116 - GEC Alsthom Electromechanical brochure Large steam turbines for today's market by BA Marlow and C Moinaud - 1993?
117 - GEC Alsthom Power Generation brochure 'Turnkey power plant engineering for the world market' by A Sengler - 1993?
118 - GEC Alsthom Power Generation brochure on steam turbines for advanced steam conditions by Dr AN Paterson, G Simonin, JG Neft - 1994?
119 - GEC Alsthom Power Generation brochure on the Daya Bay steam turbines by Dr AN Paterson and J McCoach - 1994
120 - Photocopy of article from The Financial Times (31 January 1985) on small steam engine being developed to use waste organic material - 1985
121 - Article from Modern Power Systems on highest supercriticality for Skaerbaek and Nordjylland - March 1995
122 - Photocopy of pages from booklet 'Electricity Comes To Cheltenham - a hundred years of light and power' by Reginald Acock (1995) - mentions three Willans engines used for electricity generation; - 1995
123 - Photocopy of article from Power Engineering Journal on the review of power in [18]95 by Toby Norris - February 1996
124 - Photocopy of article from Electric Power International ' world's most advanced PWR turns in stellar first year' (on Sizewell B) - December 1996
125 - Photocopy of Coventry Evening Telegraph article on 100th anniversary of Willans Works site - 12 June 1997
126 - Alstom brochure reprint of article from Modern Power Systems ' Skaerbaek goes supercritical for high efficiency' - June 1997
127 - Looking Back' article in the Rugby Advertiser with photo of Rugby inspection department staff at English Electric's Stafford works - 27 November 1997
128 - Looking Back' article in the Rugby Advertiser with photo of people at the British Thomson-Houston annual drawing office ball in the early 1950s - 18 December 1997
129 - Looking Back' article in the Rugby Advertiser with photo of Rugby's English Electric bowls club taken in 1960 - 5 November 1998
130 - Photocopy of article from Industry Review by Neil White, Managing Director of Alstom Electrical Machines - March 1999
131 - Article from Rugby Advertiser on union fears about the future of Rugby's Alstom site after job losses - 14 October 1999
132 - Photocopy of article from Rugby Advertiser business focus section about Alstom Electrical Machines - 28 October 1999
133 - Article on Alstom's involvement with Shoreham Power Station in 'Powerline' the I Mech E Power Industries Division newsletter - February 2002
134 - Articles on 'modernization and increased efficiency of production in the manufacture of large steam turbine generators at GEC Turbine Generators Ltd, England' and 'Alsthom thermal power generation' - n.d.
135 - Article 'Cottam Takes Shape' by Kenneth J Leeming (a progress report) - n.d.
136 - Article on Steam turbine commissioning and operation by PF Carson, English Electric, Steam Turbine Division, Rugby - n.d.
137 - Article from Rugby newspaper's 'Rugby in retrospect' feature on former entrance to Willans works showing former railings outside and later addition of gas-holder built in 1929 - n.d.
138 - Typed copy of article reprinted from The Engineering Magazine on the beginnings of Willans & Robinson - n.d.
139 - Photocopy of article on dynamo-electric machinery with diagram showing graph of test of Holmes-Willans combined plant - n.d.
140 - Photocopy of pages 142 and 143 from unknown publication on early [electricity] supply schemes with photo showing model of Crompton's Kensington Court generating station with five sets of Willans' steam engines coupled to Crompton generators - n.d.
141 - Photocopy of pages 106 and 107 from unknown publication on Charing Cross Electricity Supply Co. with illustration showing Maiden Lane power station (1889) - n.d.
142 - Willans & Robinson monogram ('logo') tracing - n.d.
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