Ashbury, Sumner
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Ashbury, Sumner & Co of Manchester
- 1882 'A new engineering works has been opened in Manchester by Messrs. Ashbury, Sumner, and Co. for the manufacture of gas engines'[1]
- The office address was 28a Market St, the address being shared with Thomas Ashbury. Works address: 65 Sackville Street
- Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1883 (Part 2) lists Ashbury, Sumner & Co as engineers & gas engine makers, hoist manufacturers and pump makers
- 1883 Producing the Manchester Reversible Gas Engine (see advert). The engine had a number of advanced features, and was patented by HERBERT SUMNER, WILLIAM LEES, THOMAS ASHBURY and RICHARD W B SANDERSON [2]. Little is known about the company or its products, and the company did not feature in the 1886 Slater’s Directory.
- 1883: T. Ashbury, H. Sumner, W. Lees, and R.W. B. Sanderson, Manchester: patent No. 1333 for Improvements in governor gear for gas engines.[3]
- 1884 Advert: 'Gas Engines, SEVERAL FOR IMMEDIATE SALE CONSEQUENT on the LOSING of the closing of the WORKS of ASHBURY SUMNER and Co. Sizes 4h.p., 1h.p., and 1/4h.p.
Have been Finished and Tested by Messrs. CROSSLEY BROS., LIMITED, THE "OTTO” GAS ENGINE WORKS, MANCHESTER.
Apply JAMES TAYLOR, Osborne Street (Off Park Road), BRADFORD.'[4]
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