Attwater and Sons








of Hopwood Street Mill, Preston
1868 Company founded.
1914 Engine Packing Manufacturers, Electrical Insulation Materials, Mica Manufacturers and Importers. Specialities: Canadian Amber Mica Cutters and Splitters. Employees 100 to 120. [1]
1917 Advert for Mica. [2]
1917 Advert. Steam engine and hydraulic packings. [3]
1919 Advert for Mica. [4]
1927 Advert for Mica, Leatheroid, Vulcanised fibre etc. [5]
1937 Mica, micanite, bakelitem leatheroid, presspahn manufacturers. "Bakelaque" Insulating Materials. [6]
1939 Became private company.
1960 Advert for Mica, Leatheroid, Vulcanised fibre etc. [7]
1961 Manufacturers of electrical insulation and engine packings. 130 employees. [8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p79
- ↑ 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory Advert p154
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p105
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p112
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1960. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p172
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE