1935 Iron and Steel Institute: Visits to Works

Note: This is a sub-section of the 1935 Iron and Steel Institute

Visit of The Iron and Steel Institute to The Iron, Steel and Engineering Industries of Manchester and District.

Lancashire Textile Machinery Companies

• Textile Machinery Makers, incorporating :—
  • Platt Brothers and Co now Platt Bros. & Co. (Holdings) Ltd.
  • Asa Lees and Co now Asa Lees (Holdings) Ltd.
  • Brooks and Doxey (1920) now Brooks & Doxey (Holdings) Ltd.
  • Dobson and Barlow now Dobson & Barlow (Securities) Ltd.
  • Howard and Bullough now Howard & Bullough (Securities) Ltd.
  • John Hetherington and Sons now John Hetherington (Holdings) Ltd.
• Mather and Platt
• Tweedales and Smalley
• J. Pilling and Sons
• Henry Livesey
• British Northrop Loom Co
• Hacking and Co
• Robert Groggins
• Baerlein Brothers
• Willan and Mills
• Joseph Stubbs
• Arundel, Coulthard and Co
• William Whiteley and Sons
• William Latham
• P. and C. Garnett
• William Ayrton and Co
• Taylor, Lang and Co
• Richard Threlfall

Lancashire Engineering Companies

• Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co acquired by Assoc. Electrical Indus. Ltd. which also had a controlling interest in Ferguson Pailin Ltd.
• Nasmyth, Wilson and Co
• Heenan and Froude
• Pearson and Knowles Engineering Co (Lancashire Steel Corporation Ltd.)
• National Gas and Oil Engine Co
• Thomas Robinson and Son
• Crossley Brothers
• Linotype and Machinery Co
• Vulcan Foundry Co
• Babcock and Wilcox
• British Insulated Cables Previously Brit. Ins. and Helsby Cable Co. Ltd. (changed 1925).
• Taylor Brothers and Co, Private Co. (controlled by English Steel Corporation)
• Renold and Coventry Chain Co

Lancashire Electrical Engineering Companies

• British Insulated Cables (see Engineering List)
• British Vulcanised Fibre
• Chloride Electrical Storage Co
• Crossley Brothers (See Engineering List)
• Erskine, Heap and Co
• Ferguson Pailin (Assoc. Elec. Industries Ltd.)
• W. T. Glover and Co
• Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto
• Mather and Platt (See Textile Machinery).
• Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co (See Engineering)
• Parmiter, Hope and Sugden
• Frank Pearn and Co
• George Saxon
• Switchgear and Cowans
• Bertram Thomas
• Wardle Engineering Co
• Ward and Goldstone
• Daniel Adamson and Co
• Ashworth and Parker
• Brookhirst Switchgear
• Buckley and Taylor
• Burnley Ironworks Co
• Clayton, Goodfellow and Co
• Laurence, Scott and Electromotors
• Hick, Hargreaves and Co
• Oldham and Sons
• Ferranti
• Record Electrical Co
• H. Clarke and Co (Manchester)
• Vlasto, Clark and Watson
• S. S. Stott and Co
• H. T. Boothroyd

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