Today (2015) most of the original British Thomson-Houston (BTH) factory buildings have been demolished but a few remnants have been incorporated into GE (interestingly a descendant of GEC who used to ...
1 Victoria Engineering Works, Rugby, marked on 1923 map.
The site of Victoria Engineering Works, which is of modern date. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. The engineering works was situated 200m north east of Avenue Road, Rugby.
1 Wagon works marked on 1923 map.
The site of a railway wagon works which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. It was situated at Rugby Station.
1 Electrical engineering works marked on the second edition Ordnance Survey Map. The site expanded north of the River Avon in the 1930s.
2 Site visit undertaken 19 Feb 2007 ...
The site of an electrical engineering works dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the second edition Ordnance Survey map. The site is bounded by Leicester Road, Boughton Road, Mill Road and the railway line.
1 Wagon works marked on 1923 map.
The site of railway wagon works where railway wagons were made. The works are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. They were situated north of Rugby Station.
The British Thomson-Houston (BTH) Company was founded in 1894 and production started at Rugby in 1900. The main factory buildings (on what used to be Glebe Farm) opened beside the railway ...
