Davis and Primrose
Davis and Primrose of Etna Iron Works, 49 Bangor Road, Leith.
1886 Description and engraving of angle-iron bevelling machine [1]
1890 Angle Iron bevelling machine for the angle bars used in the construction of frames and stringers of iron ships. Article and illustrations in 'The Engineer'. [2]
1890 40-ton Fairbairn-type crane (see image) erected at the yard of William Allen and Co in Sunderland. The crane was used chiefly for lifting marine engines and boilers in or out of ships. The foundations, mainly of concrete, were 22 ft. square on plan, and about 110 ft. deep from the surface of the wharf ; nearly 850 tons of material were used in their formation. In this mass there was a central well lined with cast iron, the lower bedplate, with a socket for the crane footstep, forming the bottom of this well at about 21 ft. from the level of the wharf. The load swung in a radius of 33 ft., and the lifting hook could rise 40 ft. clear of wharf. The crane was nominally for 30 tons, and it was tested at 40 tons. Engine cylinders 7 in. bore and 10 in. stroke; Spence's patent reversing motion was used. When the crankshaft ran at 200 rpm, loads up to 7 tons could be raised at 13 ft. per minute, and heavier loads at 4 ft. per minute.[3]
1897 Partnership dissolved. 'The Firm of DAVIS & PRIMROSE, Engineers and Machine Makers, Etna Iron Works, Leith, of which the Subscribers were sole Partners, was by mutual consent DISSOLVED as ab 26th December 1896, by the retiral of the Subscriber James Primrose. The Business will be carried on under the former name or style of DAVIS & PRIMROSE by the Subscriber Robert Elliot Davis...'[4]
1912 Supplied a 1 ton steam crane to Cockatoo Island Shipyard, Sydney. [5]
1914 Davis and Primrose Limited was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £10,000, to acquire and take over as a going concern the business carried on by Davis and Primrose, and to carry on the business of ironfounders, etc.[6]
1932 The company went into voluntary liquidation.[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineering 1886/03/19
- ↑ The Engineer 1890/06/06. p457
- ↑ Engineering 1890/09/05
- ↑ [The Edinburgh Gazette Publication date:15 January 1897 Issue:10849 Page:59]
- ↑ Chris Capewell Queens Park London
- ↑ The Scotsman 29 August 1914
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/14891/page/719
- National Records of Scotland BT2/9227