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).
Safety memo regarding a dangerous short-circuited wire in No. 5 Test House, requesting an order for switches to mitigate fire risk.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0074 | |
| Date | 22th June 1935 | |
| To EJJ. X 1209 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl{Len H. Swindell}:7/KW. 22. 6. 35. Safety First. No. 5 Test House. One of the wires leading to the battery short circuited on the conduit which, with petrol about, is very dangerous. It is possible that this may have happened out of working hours and in order to avoid any risk of fire we require to fit switches into this line. Will you therefore order as soon as possible, 2 off, 150 amp. single pole enclosed knife-edged switches. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/l, H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Swindall. | ||