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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	D P Battery Company
Also Known As	Dujardin-Plante Battery Company
Place	Bakewell
Epithet	industrial battery manufacturers
Dates	1888-1970
History	The Dujardin-Plante Battery Company had been founded in Charlton, London in 1888 by Walter Claude Johnson (1848-1928) and Bernard Mervyn Drake (1858-1931). Cotton spinning ceased at Lumford Mill in the mid 1890s and in 1898 the premises were occupied by The Dujardin-Plante Battery Company. Until 1955 the D P Battery Company made use of the two waterwheels (built in 1827 and 1852) for power generation. The business was ended in Bakewell in 1970.
Key Events	DP Battery Company of Bakewell,
Address	Lumford Mill, Bakewell
Source	- Grace's Guide 'D.P. Battery Co.', https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/D._P._Battery_Co - British Newspapers Archive - Historic England, Scheduled Monument List, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1012436
Authorised Form of Name	Bakewell; D P Battery Company; 1888-1970; industrial battery manufacturers

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