1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company O

Note: This is a sub-section of 1922 Who's Who in Engineering

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ODDY, W. D. & Co., Ltd., Aircraft Propeller Manufacturers, Leeds.

OILBATH AXLEBOX FITTINGS & ENGINEERING CO., Ltd., Hutton Works, Parkfield Road, Saltley, Birmingham. T. A.: " Lubricity Birmingham." T. N.: East 43. Established 1895. Capital £Io,000. Employees: 70. Chairman: Ernest Bradley, Kidderminster. Mang. Director James 0. Ladds, Yardley. Director: Wm. Atkins Acocks Green. Products.—Axleboxes for rolling stock.

OIL WELL ENGINEERING CO., Ltd., Manufacturers of Tools and Plant for Oil Wells, Cheadle g( Heath, Stockport. T. A.: " Olifiers, Cheadle, Ches." T. N.: Gatley 44. Established in 1866. Incorporated in 1910. Capital: £75,000, Issued £47,202 Reserve £6,000. Directors: W. L. Mackenzie (Managing), H. E. Nichols, H. W. Brown, R. I, Watson and James Hamilton. Employees: 120. Specialities.—All-steel rigs and derricks.

OIL WELL SUPPLY CO., Dashwood House London, E.C.2. T. A.: " Wellocoy, London." T. N.: London Wall 4535-6. Manufactures.—Oilfield equipment; portable water well-drilling outfits.

OLDFIELD & SCHOFIELD CO., Ltd. Central Ironworks, Boothtown, Halifax. Manufactures.—Lathes and tools.

OLDFIELD, J. & R., Ltd., Warwick Street, Birmingham. Manufactures.—Railway lamps and motor-cars.

OLIVER PELL CONTROL, Ltd., Cambridge Place, Burrage Road, Woolwich, S. E.18. T. A. " Olipel or Varlymag, Woolwich." T. N.: Woolwich 76 and 429. Established 1898. Incorporated as Limited Co. 1920. Capital L100,000, Issued £76,776. Employees: 230. Directors: C. Oliver (Chairman) W. M. D. Pell, C. H. Barclay and H. Denton. Manufactures.—Electric distant control gear electric water-heaters, meters, rotary snap switches carbon resistances, shunt coils, arc lamps, etc.

OLSEN, William, Ltd., Cogan Street, Hull. Manufactures.—Ironfounders' requisites.

ORBIT MOTORS, Ltd., Motor Cycle Manufacturers, Sedgley Street, Wolverhampton.

ORIENTAL TUBE CO., Ltd., West Bromwich. T. A.: " Tubes, West Bromwich." T. N. West Bromwich 45 and 166. Established 1881. Manufactures.—Weldless steel tubes.

ORME, George & Co., Ltd., Gas Engineers Atlas Meter Works, Oldham.

ORME EVANS & Co., Ltd., Elgin Works Wolverhampton. T. A.: " Orme, Wolverhampton." T. N.: Wolverhampton 228..Established 1864. Employees: 800. Incorporated as a Ltd. Co. 1900. Specialities.—Art metal work, radiators, and motor parts.

ORMEROD, Edward & Co., Colliery Engineers Gib Field Works, Atherton, nr. Manchester. T. A.: " Ormerod, Patentee, Atherton." T. N. Atherton 46. Speciality.—" Ormerods " improved registered design safety detaching hooks.

ORMERODS' TOOL CO., Ltd., Machine Tool Makers, Hebden Bridge. T. A.: " Shapers, Hebden Bridge." T. N.: Hebden Bridge 17. Established 1909. Incorporated as a Limited Co. 1918. Capital E,30,000, Issued £23,500. Principals: John Ormerod Geo. T. Ormerod, Herbert Ormerod and Harold Ormerod. Manufactures.—Shaping machines, lathes, planing machines and other machine tools.

ORMISTON METAL CO., Ltd., 22, St. Margaret's Road, Hanwell, W.7. T. N.: Ealing 725. Established 1914. Directors: H. 0. Ormiston, W. D. Green. Works Manager: H. Cope. Manufactitres.—Aluminium alloys, motor-car castings, aero castings, and kitchen utensils.

ORR, WATT & Co., Ltd., Lanarkshire Bridge Works, Motherwell, Scot. Manufactures.—Structural steelwork, roofs, bridges hydraulic pressed steel trough flooring for road and railway bridges, buildings, etc.

OSBORN, Samuel & Co., Ltd., Steel Manufacturers and Steel Founders, Clyde Steel Works Sheffield. T. A.: " Osborn, Sheffield." T. N. Sheffield Central 4544 (6 lines). Established 1852. Incorporated 190 5. Capital L000,000. Employees: 1,400 to 1,500. Specialities.—" Mushet " high-speed steels, crucible and alloy steels, high-speed twist drills, reamers and milling cutters, files, springs and steel castings.

OSBOURNE, GRAHAM & Co., Ltd., Shipbuilders and Repairers, Hylton Shipyard, Sunderland. T. A.: " Osbourne, Sunderland." T. N.: Sunderland 921; Hylton 11. Established 1871. Chairman of Directors: T. H. Patterson. Director: A. C. Patterson. Secretary: A. N. Rontree. Speciality.—Self-trimming colliers.

OSWALD, J. & Sons, Ltd., Millwrights, Ironfounders & Pattern Makers, 31, Sleaford Street Battersea, London, S.W.8. T. N.: Brixton 2377.

OUSE SHIPBUILDING CO., Ltd., Shipbuilders, Ship Repairers & Engineers, Hook, nr. Goole, Yorks. T. A.: "Repair, Goole." T. N. 4 and 109. Also Union Dry Dock, Hull, Ship Engine and Boiler repairs. T. A.: " Facilitate Hull." T. N.: Hull 971. Employees: 500. Directors: Alfred Calvert (Chairman), S. H. Hambling, H. J. Dobson, C. F. Larssen (Norwegian ).

OUTRA BELTING & RUBBER CO. Balata Belting Manufacturers, 48-51, Minories, E.I. T. A.: " Outrajeno, Ald." T. N.: Avenue 7192.

OVERTON BROTHERS, Beverley, Yorks. T. A.: " Overtons, Beverley." T. N.: Beverley 78. Established 18oi. Employees: 180. Sole Partner Arthur Hendy. Works Manager: J. W. Cook. Products.—Wire ropes, all sizes and constructions re-made Manilla rope, jute cores.

OWEN & DYSON, Ltd., Rother Ironworks Rotherham. T. A.: "Press, Rotherham." T. N. Rotherham 24. Established 1873. Incorporated as a Ltd. Co. 1909. Directors: R. Dyson, W. Dyson J. E. Peech, A. 0. Peech and W. Tozer. Manufactures. — Hydraulic-pressed wheels and teak-centred wheels for railway carriages.

OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING CO., Ltd., 21 A, St. Vincent Crescent, Glasgow. T. A.: " Brazing Glasgow." T. N.: Glasgow Central 463738. Established and Incorporated as a Limited Co. 1912. Capital £20,000, Issued £15,000. Employees: 3o. Specialists in boiler repairs and heavy cutting of metal.

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