350 ton Blanking & Piercing Press, O/No. 7686, c.1936

Order 7686 for Austin Motor Co. Ltd., c.1936

D7338/14/7/1/3208
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/7/1/3228
D7338/14/10/3228
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3228A
Gloucestershire Archives
Advert for Fraser Mono-Radial Pumps
Kindly supplied by Chippy Aston

Tables 11′ 0″ x 5′ 0″.  Working Pressure 2240 psi.

The quality first and second photographs illustrated were located in 2018 from a batch of early photos, scanned and added to the page. Undoubtedly the second is an actual taken in the factory.

The fifth photo is taken from a Royal Air Force book of 1941. The press in the advert is undoubtedly the same press as shown the first photo!

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