Siemens Brothers
Siemens Brothers & Co. was an English electrical engineering company established in 1865.
In 1858, the German company Siemens & Halske established an English subsidiary, which in 1865 became Siemens Brothers & Co. Under the guidance of Werner Siemens, William Siemens and Carl Siemens, the company opened a new cable factory at Woolwich, London in 1863. In 1880, Siemens Brothers became a limited company.[1]
The company manufactured electric cables, dynamos, telephone equipment, lamps, instruments, batteries, ebonite, and railway signaling equipment. Siemens Brothers also acted as contractors for the manufacture, laying and maintenance of submarine cables.
A separate subsidiary was formed in 1906, the Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works Ltd, at Stafford, which was later sold to English Electric in 1919.
In 1908, a lamp factory was opened at Dalston, London.
During World War I, Siemens & Halske was one of many German companies to have their British assets seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property.
In 1926, Siemens Brothers and GEC, combined their railway signaling activities to form the Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Co.[1]
In 1935, Siemens Brothers merged its submarine cables division with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company to form Submarine Cables Ltd.[1]
The company was acquired by Associated Electrical Industries in 1954.[1]
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