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Recollections of BBC engineering from 1922 to 1997 |
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Equipment Department - A specialist department of BBC Engineering Division between 1924 and 1993 |
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Equipment Department was created in 1924 and developed into a large department that manufactured and tested equipment needed by the BBC. After 1947, a large proportion of the equipment that it produced was designed by Designs Department. ED also included the BBC's Central Stores, Transport and the Receiver Section which installed and maintained television sets for important people, including royalty. From 1929 ED was based at Avenue House in Clapham and in 1958 it moved to Avenue House in Chiswick. Equipment Department's "Control of Engineering Material, it's Acquisition, Storage and Transport" is described in this CEMAST booklet.pdf ED122 "Specification for the Wiring of Equipment" is a 185 page document that
covers this subject is some detail. If you would
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Avenue House, Power Road, Chiswick. Home of Equipment Department (and later D&ED) from 1958 - 1993 Avenue House shortly before Design and Equipment Department closed down in 1993
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