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).
Request to Park Ward & Co. Ltd. for two press switches for operating an electric division, noting a cracked switch on car 3.B.50.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\2\ scan0018 | |
Date | 4th May 1939 | |
1021 EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}9/JH. 4th. May, 1939. Messrs. Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, LONDON.N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Will you please supply us with 2 press switches for operating the electric devision, one marked down the other blank. We found the down switch cracked on 3.B.50. An official order will follow. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||