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Brockhouse Engineering

From Graces Guide
February 1959.

Subsidiary of J. Brockhouse and Co

of Victoria Works, West Bromwich, Staffordshire

General

1930s British Motor Boat Manufacturing Co of London (and later of Banbury) made the two-wheeled B.M.B. Cult-Mate, Hoe-Mate, and Plow-Mate garden tractors powered by JAP engines.

1936 Established as a private company.

1938 Name of Vulcan Works, Southport was changed to Brockhouse Engineering (Southport)

1947 J. Brockhouse and Co completed the purchase of British Motor Boat Manufacturing Co (B.M.B.)[1]

1955 The Southport factory had not been profitable since WWII and was closed; a new machine shop was established at West Bromwich to manufacture hydraulic transmissions

1956 Name changed - Brockhouse Engineering.

1961 Manufacturers of automatic hydraulic transmission system incorporating hydraulic torque converters for use in various industrial appliances. Makers of automatic hydraulic transmission systems. 220 employees.[2]

1964 Maker of hydraulic transmissions. Factory extended[3]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Jan 01, 1948
  2. ↑ * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  3. ↑ The Times, Nov 27, 1964
  • [1] Tractor Data
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