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tarslag

Tarslag Limited
Wolverhampton
England


Took on the interests of Broads Lighting Columns from Broads Manufacturing Company Limited in 1950 - [Electrical Times, 2nd March 1950] Although were exhibiting Broadcrete Concrete Columns at the APLE's 1949 Annual Conference under the Tarslag name.


Design: Broadcrete Columns are designed to give full aesthetic expression of the material of which they are made. Clean, simple lines, unbroken by spurious ornamentation, are the outstanding characteristic of all designs, which possess a quiet dignity and beauty harmonising equally with ancient buildings or with a modern architectural setting.
Finish: Columns and Brackets are ground on all faces to ensure perfect lines and arrises; they are then prepared in either: (a) Fine Grey Floated Finish giving a uniform light-grey appearance and even surface; (b) Smooth Ground Semi-polished Finish in which the natural colour of the Mountsorrel granite aggregate is exposed.
Materials And Structure: Columns and Brackets are of the finest quality reinforced granite concrete construction, hexagonal in section, manufacturered by the high-frequency vibration method. The aggregate consists entirely of selected Mountsorrel granite, crushed and graded.
Reinforcement: All columns are reinforced throughout their length to withstand British Standard loadings.
Equipment Chambers and Doors: Chambers are provided in two standard sizes, namely 18in. and 27in. These are fitted with Broads' patent solid reinforced concrete doors, hung on heavy brass hinges by patent fixing devices; machined brass lock and safety stay are incorporated. The weather grooves and sloping cill will prevent any possibility of driving rain penetrating to the chamber.
Brackets: Reinforced concrete brackets are available in a variety of designs and finished to match the columns. They are tubed for wiring and terminate in a threaded nipple. Brackets, ladder arms and terminals are mounted on columns by means of a solid-drawn tubular steel dowel of hexagonal cross section, removable and accurately located in a solid-drawn steel hexagonal socket, whcih is welded to the reinforcement and cast into the columns. Dowels and sockets are permanently protected aginst corrosion. - APLE Conference Programme 1949


Sold the range to Concrete Utilities in 1953 - [Advert 1953]





References:
APLE Conference Programme Llandudno 1949


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