Impregnable padlocks

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Ingersoll Locks Ltd (designers)

Ingersoll Locks Ltd (manufacturers)

Ingersoll Locks Limited (now Ingersoll Security) was founded in Forsyth Road, Sheerwater, Woking on March 3rd 1940. Ingersoll Locks was set up as the lock manufacturing division of The Ingersoll Watch Co. which had already been trading successfully for nearly 50 years, having been incorporated by brothers Robert and Charles Ingersoll in 1892.

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Categories	Design Council Award Winner Metalwork Product Design
Object type	Padlock
Title	Impregnable padlocks
Materials and techniques	Laminated steel body, copper brazed and finished in nickel chrome, with chrome-plated hardened steel shackle. Steel Copper Plating
Brief description	Impregnable padlocks, designed and manufactured by Ingersoll Locks Ltd.
Physical description	Impregnable padlocks, laminated steel body, copper brazed and finished in nickel chrome, with chrome-plated hardened steel shackle.
Credit line	Gift of the manufacturer
Object history	Historical significance: Winner of the Design Centre Award in 1971.
Summary	Ingersoll Locks Limited (now Ingersoll Security) was founded in Forsyth Road, Sheerwater, Woking on March 3rd 1940. Ingersoll Locks was set up as the lock manufacturing division of The Ingersoll Watch Co. which had already been trading successfully for nearly 50 years, having been incorporated by brothers Robert and Charles Ingersoll in 1892.
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	CIRC.260-1971

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Record created	April 28, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194686/impregnable-padlocks-padlock-ingersoll-locks-ltd/

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