The Skefko Ball Bearing Company premises on Leagrave Road with landscaping work underway on the land to the south of the factory

Date:
1918
Location:
Skefko Ball Bearing Company Limited, Leagrave Road, Luton
Reference:
BL24127
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Skefko Ball Bearing Company (SKF) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1907. The Luton factory, which had opened in 1911, more than doubled in size during the First World War in order to meet the increased demand for bearings.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Early 20th Century Bearing Factory, Early 20th Century Factory, Early 20th Century Steel Works