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Chance Brothers’ involvement in the British Empire.

Pedrocut

Pedrocut

Master Barmmie
Their main role in India from 1860 was to supply Fresnel lenses, lanterns and complete lighthouse installations.
Equipped lighthouses along the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and inland waterways.

Examples…
Colaba Point (Mumbai)
False Point (Odisha)
Saugor Island (nr Calcutta)
Multiple beacons on the approaches to Karachi and Madras.

Many of these lights were manufactured entirely in Smethwick, shipped out in sections, and assembled on site by Chance Brothers engineers.
 
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Supplied signal lenses, glass made to withstand intense heat and dust for Indian Railways.
Large sheets of rolled plate for public buildings.
Rolled cathedral glass and roof glazing for stations like Bombay Victoria Terminus (now CST) and Howrah station concourse roofing.

Mombay Victoria, quite a building !

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