Photo Index - Higgs Motors, Ltd. - Large Dual bench Grinder

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Higgs Motors, Ltd.
Birmingham, England

True Manufacturer:
Newman Industries Ltd., Yate, Bristol

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Grinder, Bench
Machine Size:	6"
Submitted By:	Barry Kemp

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Large Dual bench Grinder
Date of Manufacturer:	1950s/1960s
Serial Number:	388407
Last Updated	3/28/2022 10:10:27 PM

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English made, Large Dual 6" Grinder made by Higgs motors of Witton, Birmingham, 6. Telephone: BIRchfields 4545. Telegraphic Address: "Higswiton". (1937)

1912 Company founded by Walter Frank Higgs.

1912 Moved to the Witton site. Formerly in Sherbourne Street. Made electric motors.

1924 Moved to Perry Barr.

1933 Private company.

1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Industrial and Fractional Horse-power Electric Motors and Dynamos. Motor Generator Sets. Geared Motor Units. Motorised Polishing Spindles. Motorised Bench Grinders. Component Parts, etc. (Stand No. Cb.408)

1961 Agent stockists in fifty-four overseas markets. Manufacturers of electric motors and generators from fractional horsepower to 1,000 HP. Contractors to H.M. Government. 1,000 employees.

1962 Acquired by Newman Industries[1].

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