British Thomson Houston Electric Motors

British thomson houston bth was a british engineering and heavy industrial company based at rugby warwickshire england and founded as a subsidiary of the general electric company ge of schenectady new york usa they were known primarily for their electrical systems and steam turbines bth was taken into british ownership and amalgamated with the similar metropolitan vickers company in.

British thomson houston electric motors.

Worldwide electric is the largest domestic importer manufacturer of industrial electric motors motor control variable frequency drives gear reducers. In 1880 the american electric co. A thomson incandescent dynamo generator rated at 30 kilo watts and 110 volts runs again to celebrate 125 years of electric lights in edmonton. Condition is as per photos.

Some of the unique features of this 1880 s thomson. Bth became part of associated electrical industries aei in 1928 which saw bth merged with its rival metropolitan vickers this deal made aei the largest military contractor of the british empire during the 30s. It is now fitted to car 19 a winter saloon. Ltd bth was created as a subsidiary of the general electric company usa in 1896 to exploit the sale of products in the united kingdom.

The british thomson houston co. Bearings are noisey so will need refurbishment. Was part of a water bore hole pump. Photo by j prentice a similar but slightly later k12 controller on the manx electric railway made by general electric s english subsidiary british thomson houston.

Edwin houston a colleague and friend of thomson was also involved in the establishment of the company. Vintage the british thomson houston a c electric motor capacitor motor bc3010 rmp 1425 td8049. Churchill as treasurer and general manager and researcher and science teacher elihu thomson as electrician which was a novel word at the time. A general electric form k11 controller from a batch made in the usa at schenectady in 1898 for the manx electric railway.

Was established in new britain ct with william parker as president frederick h. British thomson houston co bth was a british engineering and heavy industrial company known primarily for its electrical systems and steam turbines. The british thomson houston co ltd bth of crown house aldwych london wc2. Ive tested and motor runs.

It had the use of the patents of ge of the u s a. British thomson houston bth was created as a subsidiary of american general electric in may 1896. The bth manufacturing works were based at rugby warwickshire and the company s products included induction motors alternators switchgear. It was previously known as laing wharton and down which was founded in 1886.