Colonel Crompton – Victorian engineering pioneer

• Survey of wide-ranging innovations of Colonel Crompton.
• Electricity generation and distribution developments and patents highlighted.
• Road vehicle developments and patents also significant.
• Civilian and military contributions over 80 years.

Col. R E B Crompton was not only one of the pioneers of the GB electrical power/distribution industry who founded the innovative company bearing his name but also a distinguished mechanical engineer with a particular influence on heavy road vehicles and the development of tanks in the First World War. A prolific patentee, he had an outstanding record of technical achievement over a wide range of fields.