- Object name(s):
- Spark plug
- Brief description:
- Spark plug with electrodes from Golden Lodge. Lodge Plugs began in 1903 when Sir. Oliver Lodge, a famous scientist, applied, with his son Alec Lodge, for a patent for an electric igniter. In 1904 Alec and his brother Brodie formed 'Lodge Brothers' based at New Street in Birmingham. By 1910 the company have moved from Birmingham to Rugby, initially at Hunter's Lamp Factory in Lower Hillmorton Road and then a small factory in Albert Street, Rugby.
- Collection:
- Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
- Associated concept:
- Trade & Industry - Lodge Plugs
- Object name:
- Spark plug
- Object number:
- 1999.335
- Object production date:
- Date - period:
- 20th Century
- Object production person:
- Lodge Plugs
- Responsible department/section:
- Social History
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a952be94-6c64-3ceb-af62-eb38d25776d7, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, CC BY-NC
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