The General Electric Company was a major British industrial conglomerate involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications, and engineering.
Hugo Hirst, c. 1930
Early switchboard, c. 1888
General Electric Company share certificate, issued in 1994
The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after World War I by amalgamating five businesses which, during the war, made munitions, armaments and aeroplanes.
General Electric Company
…via a series of cut-backs and mergers that returned the company to profit. GEC acquired Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) in 1967, and merged with English Electric one year later. The company continued to expand via acquisitions; between 1979 and 1981, GEC acquired W & T Avery, Cincinnati Electronics, and Picker…
Locomotiva 1449 [English Electric • Sorefame] N.º UIC: 9094 110 1449-3 (Takargo Rail)
Three English Electric 7SRL Diesel alternator sets being installed the Saateni Power Station, Zanzibar 1955
Two Hampden bombers in April 1940
A Napier Deltic engine, cut away for display