Edwin Mills and Son
of Aspley Ironworks, Huddersfield.
1866 Previously William Mills
Previously known as Edwin Mills and Co.
1818 Company established.
1891 Advert. Ironfounders and engineers. [1]
1895 Advert. [2]
1914 Hydraulic Engineers, Brass and Iron Founders, Hydraulic Press and Machinery, Screw Press and Pump Makers etc. Specialities: Hydraulic high-pressure pumps and accumulators, hydraulic baling presses for cotton, wool and fibres. Employees 50 to 60. [3]
1917 Advert for power presses. [4]
1917 Advert. Hydraulic and screw presses for cloth finishers, shrinkers and manufacturers. [5]
At some point was acquired by Ropner Holdings
1989 Trading name changed to Milldale Ltd; maker of paper balers and stationery-related office equipment; integrated with other businesses as part of Frederick Greenwood and Sons (Holdings)[6]
Vertical steam engine and hydraulic pump at F. A. Lodge and Co, Stonebridge Mill, Leeds, photographed by George Watkins in 1975 [7]
George Watkins photographed an Edwin Mills & Co steam-driven hydraulic pump in a workshop at F. A. Lodge and Co., Stonebridge Mill, Leeds, in 1975. The 5-7 HP steam engine had a vertical cylinder with the crankshaft above, driving the pump via a pair of gears. The crankshaft also drove a pair of fast and loose pulleys and a flywheel. The gears could be disengaged, and the engine could drive the workshop lineshafts with or without the pump[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1891 Post Office London Trades Directory
- ↑ 1895 Post Office London Directory
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p43
- ↑ 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory Advert p268
- ↑ 1988 Annual report for Ropner
- ↑ 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 1: Yorkshire'. Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2000
- ↑ 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 1: Yorkshire'. Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2000