EAW000903 ENGLAND (1946). The Universal Grinding Wheel Company Ltd, Doxey, from the south-east, 1946
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Details
| Title | [EAW000903] The Universal Grinding Wheel Company Ltd, Doxey, from the south-east, 1946 |
| Reference | EAW000903 |
| Date | 29-May-1946 |
| Link | |
| Place name | DOXEY |
| Parish | DOXEY |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 391253, 323305 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.1297718487578, 52.806893897438 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ913233 |
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 WW2 Camouflage Scheme Factory Roof |
 Sparky |
Monday 25th of September 2017 09:09:55 AM |
| Cricket Ground |
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Friday 28th of March 2014 07:06:02 PM |
| Doxey Road |
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Friday 28th of March 2014 07:03:04 PM |
| Loading gauge |
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Friday 28th of March 2014 07:00:23 PM |
| RAILWAY- This image has direction North approximately dead ahead.
There are a number of junctions on the railway in this area. From this point railway lines in use run to:
To the North (top): Norton Bridge, Stone, Crewe.
To the South (bottom): Penkridge, Walsall, Rugeley, Lichfield, Bloxwich.
The junction line to the left has now been lifted but used to go to Shrewsbury. |
totoro |
Friday 28th of March 2014 06:52:59 PM |
| The line to the North West has been lifted and serves as a track with the name "The Way for the Millenium". The track once ran to Wellington and Shrewsbury. The lifted track was formerly the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company's line from Stafford, used more recently for a local Wellington-Walsall service, withdrawn in 2008. |
totoro |
Friday 28th of March 2014 06:51:40 PM |
I have been researching the closure date for the passenger service between Wellington and Stafford. Passengers no More by Gerald Daniels and L.A.Dench gives 7.9.64 as the closure date. The same date is given in Wikipedia. I believe that the Wellington-Walsall service withdrawn in 2008 would have operated via Wolverhampton and Shifnal and not via Stafford. I suggest that the last use of the Stafford to Wellington line for passenger services was on 7.9.64 unless anyone knows anything different! |
 Class31 |
Monday 7th of April 2014 08:07:56 AM |
User Comment Contributions
 Doxey Road, Stafford, 13/08/2015 |
Class31 |
Saturday 29th of August 2015 09:56:01 PM |
This area is subject to a major planning application by Staffordshire County Council which will involve significant demolition of the existing buildings. See http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/staffshighways/roadworks/schemeinfo/stafford/westernaccess/businesscase/Majorschemebusinesscase.aspx As at 17/08/2015 |
Class31 |
Tuesday 18th of August 2015 02:59:31 PM |
UNIVERSAL GRINDING WHEEL - DOXEY DOXEY ROAD - STAFFORD -STAFFORDSHIRE- ST16 1EA 1893- The origins of Universal lie with Rooper & Harris Ltd’s Castle Works factory (in 1921 the Castle Street works was closed.), founded in 1893 to produce abrasive products, including some for finishing processes in the shoe industry. 1913- In 1913 a new works was opened on Doxey Road, just outside Stafford, to make vitrified grinding wheels. 1914- In 1914 they combined with a number of other similar businesses to become the Universal Grinding Wheel Company. The factory was extended during the First World War. 1935 - Incorporation Date: 3 Apr 1935 - Company Registration No.: 00299219 1935 - a small housing estate was built for workers at Greensome Lane, Doxey in 1935 1950s -By the late 1950s the Doxey factory was the largest of its kind in Europe, covering 44 acres. 1970- By 1970 Universal was Europe’s largest manufacturer of grinding wheels. By 1977, employed 1,600 people in Stafford. 1980 - Universal’s parent company, Unicorn Industries was acquired by Fonseco Minsep in 1980, which was itself acquired by Burmah Castrol in 1990. 1992- Apax Partners bought the abrasives division in 1992 and sold it to Unitec Ceramics. The new group was called Unicorn International with its headquarters at Doxey. 1997- the Unicorn business was acquired by the French company, Saint-Gobain Abrasives. 2012- Manufacture of abrasives moved in 2012 to a brand new site in Eccleshall but Saint-Gobain has retained the Doxey site for warehousing and sales and support |
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Friday 28th of March 2014 06:40:10 PM |