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Lee and Crabtree

From Graces Guide
1943. Lecra.

of Wrose Brow Works, Shipley.

1853 Established by James Denby Lee and James Crabtree as a manufacturer of textile machinery.

The company later diversified into manufacture of sheet metal working machinery.

1930 Acquired by the Metal Box Co.[1]

1940 Advert. Power presses, press tools and sheet metal working machinery.[2]

1945 Advert. Sheet metal working machinery. A division of the Metal Box Co.[3]

1964 Moved to a new factory at Dockfield Road, Shipley.

1989 Became Carnaud Metalbox Engineering following the merger of the Metal Box Co with Carnaud SA of France.

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Sources of Information

  1. Metal Box A History by W.J. Reader, page 75
  2. Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p170
  3. Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p208