Financial Characteristics of Large British Companies, 1880-1926

<p class="x_western">The main aims of the project are three-fold: </p> <p class="x_western">(1) To identify and describe the development of the electricity industry in Britain prior to the formation of the national grid using company market-based financial data; and</p> <p class="x_western">(2) To construct a consistent data set of the key market-based financial characteristics of the principle companies.</p> <p class="x_western">(3) To use this to examine the development of the British electricity industry compared to similar development in the United States and Germany.</p><p class="x_western"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latest edition information</span></p><p class="x_western">For the second edition (October 2021) data and documentation relating to Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (1882-1894); Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (1882-1914), Anglo-American Brush Electric Light and Power Corporation Limited (1882-1889) and Brush Electrical Engineering Limited (1889-1914) were added to the study.<br></p>