Carrick and Ritchie





Carrick and Ritchie, hydraulic engineers, of Waverley Engineering Works, Edinburgh
1905 Turbines and Pelton wheels
1890 June. Edinburgh International Exhibition. Turbine combined with a dynamo by Elwell-Parker of Wolverhampton.[6]
1890 Horizontal Waverley turbine with Elwell-Parker dynamo shown at the Edinburgh Exhibition; suitable for lighting country mansions, factories, etc[7]
c1895 See images on right for Carrick and Ritchie hand crane at Ratmalana Works Colombo - 6 wheel, probably 10 ton capacity, chain roped. Stated as having been recently recovered from 'up-country' - could have been behind rebel lines for the past thirty years.[8]
1904 'POPLAR ELECTRICAL MATTERS. At the last meeting of the Poplar Borough Council, the tender of Messrs. Bruce, Peebles, and Co., for motors for the Electricity Works, at the sum of £7,815 10s. was accepted. The tender of Messrs. Cowan, for switch boards and gear, at the sum of £3,078 10s., was also accepted. The tender of Messrs. Carrick and Ritchie for travelling cranes for the sub stations, at a cost of £560, was accepted.'[9]
1908 Presented overhead travelling crane to the new heat engine laboratory of Heriot-Watt College in Edinburgh; another crane was presented by Carrick and Son of Edinburgh[10]
1908 'MESSRS. CARRICK AND RITCHIE. Among the first crane makers in this country to apply electricity to their productions were Messrs. Carrick and Ritchie, who, probably, have had almost unique experience in the development of modern electric hoisting plant. Sonic idea of the extent to which electricity had even then been applied in this connection is indicated by a paper on the subject which was read by Mr. John Ritchie a couple of years ago before the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. Copiously illustrated, this pamphlet, which contains no fewer than 281 pages, deals with all sorts and conditions of electric hoisting gear. Derrick cranes and locomotive cranes for varying loads are fully described in the opening pages, and it is clearly apparent that there is practically no phase of cargo-handling for which this Scottish firm does not effectively cater. For working on the quay-side they manufacture all that is necessary for the expeditious handling of goods. For the steamer's dock they produce equally effective electric winches. Ono of these deck engines, exceedingly compact in appearance, is specially designed to lift 5-ton weights at a speed of 25 feet per minute, and it is to be noted that the electric winch occupies only half the space which would be taken up by a steam-dnven engine. As all engineers know one of the outstanding advantages of the electric winch is that it may be located at any distance from the source of power. Further, there is no such loss as arises from condensation in steam pipes. These points, coupled with the absence of noise, do much to ensure for the electrically-driven engine an important place on board modern steamships. One of the illustrations which is included in this pamphlet is well worthy of attention. It shows an electric cableway . and conveyor being used over the river Zambesi, in connection with the Cape to Cairo Railway. This transporter was employed to carry material for the arched bridge over the river, which, at this point just below the Falls, is 650 feet wide. Those who are in any way associated with the handling of material, whether as sea-going cargo or as merchandise and building material ashore, might spend a profitable half-hour in glancing through this interesting paper, which so exhaustively deals with the whole subject.'[11]
1909 Carrick and Ritchie Limited was registered as a private company, with capital of £20,000, to acquire as a going concern the business carried on at the Waverley Engineering Works by the late Mr. John Ritchie under the name of Carrick and Ritchie.[12]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Mr. C. Capewell
- ↑ Mr. C. Capewell
- ↑ Mr. C. Capewell
- ↑ Mr. C. Capewell
- ↑ Mr. C. Capewell
- ↑ The Engineer of 20th June 1890. p502
- ↑ The Electrical Engineer, 1H1890
- ↑ Mr. C. Capewell
- ↑ Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser - Saturday 16 April 1904
- ↑ The Times 23 September 1908
- ↑ Lloyd's List - 4 June 1908
- ↑ The Scotsman 20 March 1909