Hopkinsons Collection, Float for Trades Council Procession, 1935
NON-CONFORMITY INDUSTRY WOMEN MUSIC
SPORT
This theme is further revealed through the archive of the turbocharger manufacturers Holset Engineering Company Ltd. whose archive continues into the modern day. These collections provide detailed evidence of the engineering processes and business achievements of these companies, but just as importantly, they illustrate the fundamental impact that the development of industry has had on the social, cultural and political history of society through the lives of the individuals they employed and the communities in which they were based.
ARTS
Huddersfield’s renowned industrial and manufacturing history is distinctly reflected by the collections held in Heritage Quay. The archival records of Huddersfield-based valve manufacturers Hopkinsons Ltd. comprise one of the largest and most complete archives. Dating from 1824 until the 1990s, this collection tells an international story of the growth and development of a British business throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
EDUCATION
INDUSTRY
POLITICS
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