Equipment Department - A specialist department of BBC Engineering Division between 1924 and 1993
Equipment Department was created in 1924 and developed into a large department that manufactured and tested equipment needed by the BBC. After 1947, a large proportion of the equipment that it produced was designed by Designs Department. ED also included the BBC's Central Stores, Transport and the Receiver Section which installed and maintained television sets for important people, including royalty. From 1929 ED was based at Avenue House in Chatham and in 1958 it moved to Avenue House in Chiswick.
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top of the page to make your browser allow blocked content. Alternatively click here to go to the You Tube web site. Video about Equipment Department Contributed to BBCeng by David Brown It was made in 1984 for an exhibition that was held at the BBC's Woodlands building in West London. Originally the video was 8 minutes long, but for this web site it has been reduced by Martin Ellen to the part that includes a commentary and it is now 3 minutes long. The remaining shots were mainly of workshop equipment and while this was appropriate for the exhibition in 1984 they are not really relevant for this web site. |
