From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from Lake & Elliot Ltd. regarding the supply of cast brake shoes instead of pressed steel ones.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\1\ scan0102 | |
| Date | 12th August 1932 | |
| X4612 TELEGRAMS "LAKE, BRAINTREE" REGISTERED TRADE MARKS "MILLENNIUM" "MIDAS" TELEPHONE N° 81, BRAINTREE LAKE & ELLIOT LIMITED ENGINEERS AND FOUNDERS CASTINGS PROPRIETORS OF THE BRAINTREE CASTINGS CO. ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & LLOYDS LIST. MOTOR ACCESSORIES LIGHT REPETITION WORK. STEEL & MALLEABLE IRON MADE FROM ELECTRIC FURNACE. GREY IRON. BRAINTREE, ESSEX (Foundry Dept.) 12th.August.1932. OUR REFERENCE Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/AD. YOUR REFERENCE B2/T12. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 9th. inst., but would say we do not make pressed steel Brake Shoes but we believe you are already conversant with our Millenium Patent Brake Shoes made from castings. We have pleasure in enclosing herewith a pamphlet giving some particulars of these which we trust will be of interest and we shall be pleased to supply any further information that may be required on request. Thanking you in anticipation. Yours faithfully, FOR LAKE & ELLIOT, LTD E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Clarke. | ||