The Edison and Swan Electric Light Company Limited 1883

occupation:: Manufactirer of electric lamps, Manufacture of electrical and engineering components

Nationality:: British

born in:: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

1883 - Founded by Joseph Wilson Swan (1824 -1914) as Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company, 155 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 (untill 1955); had factories in Sunderland and Brimsdown, 1888 - Safety Lamp Works, Ponders End, London. see also Siemens Ediswan Swan Ltd, an A.E.I. Company (Associated Electrical Industries), 155 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 (from 1958); Ediswan (Mazda), Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, 155 Charing Cross Road, London WC2, (from 1960)