Southampton, c.1915.
Album showing different stages of cable manufacturing at the factory in Southampton. The factory was opened a year before the publication of these photographs by a company that later became a leading cable brand.
The company Pirelli-General was formed in 1914 and was held in equal shares by Pirelli, which is today the world's fifth-largest tyre manufacturer. In 2005, Pirelli sold its cable division to Goldman Sachs that changed the new group's name to Prysmian.
Photograph album containing twenty-eight gelatin silver prints each 285 x 237 mm printed titles in margin. Good rich prints in good condition, loose from binding. Oblong 4to, gilt stamped brown cloth boards rubbed and worn at extremities.
The company Pirelli-General was formed in 1914 and was held in equal shares by Pirelli, which is today the world's fifth-largest tyre manufacturer. In 2005, Pirelli sold its cable division to Goldman Sachs that changed the new group's name to Prysmian.
Photograph album containing twenty-eight gelatin silver prints each 285 x 237 mm printed titles in margin. Good rich prints in good condition, loose from binding. Oblong 4to, gilt stamped brown cloth boards rubbed and worn at extremities.
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