What is Metropolitan-Vickers?
{{Infobox Company | name = Metropolitan-Vickers | logo = | type = private (subsidiary or joint ownership) | genre = |fate=brand removed in 1960, ultimately part of [[The General Electric Company|GEC]] from 1967 | foundation = | founder = | location_city = | location_country = | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = heavy electrical engineering | products = | services = | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = }} '''Metropolitan-Vickers''', '''Metrovick''', or '''Metrovicks''', was a [[United Kingdom|British]] heavy [[electrical engineering]] company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as [[British Westinghouse]]. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as [[Electrical generator|generators]], [[steam turbine]]s, [[switchgear]], [[transformer]]s, [[electronics]] and railway traction equipment. Metrovick holds a place in history as the builders of the first commercial [[transistor computer]], the [[Metrovick 950]], and the first British [[axial-flow]] [[jet engine]], the [[Metrovick F.2]]. Their factory in [[Trafford Park]], Manchester, was for most of the 20th century one of the biggest and most important heavy engineering facilities in Britain and the world. {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Engineering companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Aircraft engines]] [[Category:Defunct companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Locomotive manufacturers]] [[Category:Companies based in Greater Manchester]] [[Category:British rail vehicles manufacturers]]