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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).
List of staff numbers and a detailed inventory of workshop machinery and their condition.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 176\3\  img026
Date  9th August 1940 guessed
  
No 2.

Total from Page 1..217
Women 18 and above = 9 (Skilled)
" " " = 28 (Semi ")
Girls under 18 ... 4 (Unskilled)
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258
Less clerical staff 89
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TOTAL 169
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6) Departments.
(a) Machines.
Condition
4 No 7 Ward Capstans, (up to 1 5/8")...... Good
7 No 3A " ", (up to 1 1/4")...... "
4 No 2A " ", (up to 1")........ "
12 " 1" Wire-feed Capstans Age 25 years
6 " 1/2" " " " " "

Note. Similar to a Bradbury and used mostly on brass.

2 - 8" Sliding S.S.& S. Centre Lathes Good.
1 - 8" " " " " Very old.
1 - 6" " " " " "
2 - No 3 Ward Capstans - Belt Drive. New
(Up to 1 1/4")
2 - No 2 " " (Up to 1") New

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Autos.

2 - 1 5/8 4-Spindle Drills (Gridley Type) made by B.S.A
3 - 7/8 Capacity 3-operation Autos (made by Modern Machine Tool Co., Coventry)
1 - 6" x 18" Cylindrical Grinder (Norton)
2 - 6" x 18" Surface Grinders (Reid)
1 - 12" x 12" Profiling Machine (Putnam - American)

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Millers.

20 - Horizontal (36" x 10" tables) Mixed.
(Archdale, Denbigh, etc) Fairly Good.
Some nearly new
1 - Vertical 36" x 10" Table Old
(Alfred Herbert)

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