Easton, Anderson and Goolden

of Erith.
Electric light plants
Formerly Easton and Anderson.
1894 Amalgamated with Goolden and Atkinson[1]
1892 Engine for booster at Winchester gasworks.
1896 'Stern-Wheel Steamers for the Niger — There have just been completed by Messrs. Easton, Anderson, and Goolden, Limited, Erith, for the Niger, two stern-wheel steamers of interesting design. Usually the propelling wheel is right abaft the deadwood of the ship, being supported on overhanging girders, with horizontal engines, having cylinders on either side. But in these vessels for the Niger Company the paddle-wheels are on either side of an extension of the structure of the ship. Thus the outer rim of the wheel is flush with the run of the ship, the bottom being cut away to allow a flow of water to the wheel, while the whole weight of the engine and wheels is taken up by this extension of the ship. In this way also it is possible to have a complete set of engines for each wheel. The shafts of the two wheels are, under ordinary conditions, connected by a friction clutch, which can be thrown out of gear, so that one wheel can be worked ahead and the other astern. The engines are of the compound type, with cylinders 10 in. and 22 in. in diameter by 36 in. stroke. The cylinders are inclined and work on the same crankpin, but the arrangement we hope to illustrate and describe fully later. The vessels are each 134 ft. long, 27 ft. beam, and 6 ft. moulded depth, decks usual with stern - wheelers. The draught laden is 2 ft. 2 in., and the speed 8 knots.'[2]. See also Engineering 1897/03/12.
1897 Description and drawings of a blow-off cock and feed valve introduced by Easton, Anderson, and Goolden[3]
1898 Company liquidation. T. Perceval Wilson is Chairman.[4]
1900 Had supplied boilers to more than 300 customers by this date.
1900 Engine for the West Gloucestershire Water Company (Frampton Cotterell Station). Listed as Easton, Anderson and Goolden of Erith.
1900 A syndicate under the name of Easton and Co was formed to take over the work and connections of Easton, Anderson and Goolden, Limited.[5]
1908 Bought by Pulsometer Engineering Co.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1894/02/02
- ↑ Engineering 1896/09/25
- ↑ Engineering 1897/01/01
- ↑ [1] [2] Gazette Issue 27067 published on the 31 March 1899. Page 20 of 68
- ↑ The Engineer 1900