Electro and Silver Plating: Gold Plating. Source: The Graphic 10 (7 November 1874): 449. “The plating-rooms, which occupy a very important position in the works, are remarkably interesting; in one of these rooms is a huge galvanic battery, powerful enough to destroy a regiment of soldiers at one shock” (442). Click on image to enlarge it.
Related Material Including Other Activities at the Elkington Factory
- Modelling
- Small Stamp
- Soldering
- Steam Stamping
- Enamelling
- Elkington & Co. (homepage with links to examples of their work)
- Victorian metalwork (homepage)
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Bibliography
“Buildings and Industries of Birmingham. Electro and Silver Plating Sketched at the Works of Messrs. Elkington and Co., Visited by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. The Graphic 10 (28 November 1874): 448. Hathi Trust online version of a copy in the New York Public Library. Web. 4 July 2021
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