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 Lodge Plugs Limited regarding the satisfactory performance of new Steatite Insulator plug samples and inquiring about potential orders.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\1\ scan0245 | |
| Date | 9th August 1921 | |
| X601 Lodge Plugs Limited. Rugby. Directors: B. Hopps A.{Mr Adams} Hopps Alex. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Lodge F.{Mr Friese} Brodie Lodge Telegrams: 'Lodge, Rugby'. Telephone: Rugby 276 (2 lines). Private Branch Exchange. Code Used: A.B.C. (5th Edition). YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG. OUR REF. EE/EW. Date 9th August 1921. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. [STAMP: FC AUG 10 1921] [STAMP: RECEIVED] Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your favour of August 8th. from which we are pleased to note that the samples of plugs which we recently sent you with our new Steatite Insulator are operating satisfactorily. We should be glad to know the approximate quantity of this type of plug that you would be prepared to order, and the approximate date that delivery would be required to commence. We are not yet in regular production with our new Steatite Plug, but we should like to give you decided preference. Yours truly, LODGE PLUGS LIMITED. [Signature] | ||