- By 1880 the company employed over 1000 workers at the Elkington Silver Electroplating Works in Birmingham, and had a further six works...
- A Blue Plaque plaque was many years later reveals to his factory Elkington Silver Electroplating Works on Newhall Street in Birmingham.
- There is a Blue Plaque commemorating him on the old Elkington Silver Electroplating Works (The old Science Museum), Newhall Street, Birmingham.
- Wright's associates, George Elkington and Henry Elkington were awarded the first patents for electroplating in 1840.
- The old Elkington Silver Electroplating Works in Birmingham. Commemorative inkstand, about 1850, Elkington & Co. V&A Museum no. 481&A-1901.
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- By the 1850s, Elkington & Co. had experienced widespread success due to the popularity of plating various surfaces with gold, silver, copper and other metals.
- Other inventors were also carrying on similar work. ... However, cousins Henry and George Richard Elkington patented the electroplating process first.