Ernest Scott and Mountain
Ernest Scott & Mountain of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
of Gateshead (1905)
Electrical and general engineers.
1890 Article and illustration of a combined engine and dynamo (Ernest Scott and Co). [1] The company was registered on 15 November, to take over the electrical and engineering business of Ernest Scott and Co[2] in conjunction with William Charles Mountain
1891 Manufacturers of Electric Lighting and Triple Expansion Inverted Cylinder Mill Engines in 1891. [3]
1892 Description of pumps for North Seaton Colliery, designed to deliver 250 gallons of water per minute, through 1300 yards of 8-in. pipe, against a head of 50ft. 20 HP electric motor running at 720 rpm. 720 revolutions per minute. Speed reduced to the 30 rpm for piston pump, by worm gearing. The dynamo which supplies the current was at pit bank, the cable being 2700 ft. long. The dynamo was belt driven, being designed to run at 800 revolutions per minute, at which its output was 65 amps at 300 volts. It could be used for electric lighting when not working the pump. The engine which driove it was of the vertical type, having a single cylinder 13 in. in diameter by 10-in. stroke, and ran at 200 rpm. [4].
1894 Catalogue of Electrical Plant and accessories. [5]
1896 Description and engraving of three-throw electrically-driven boiler feed pump for the Kensington and Knightsbridge Electric Supply Co. They had a similar set in hand for the Bradford Corporation for their electric supply station.[6]
1900 Electric hauling gear for mines and cranes and combined engines and dynamos (late Ernest Scott and Co). [7]
1900 Description and photo of engine and dynamo supplied for the electric lighting of a Russian torpedo boat destroyer[8]
1900 Published a book "Electricity in Country Houses" for prospective customers[9]
1901 High-speed steam dynamos for Birkenhead Tramway [10]
1903 Supplied their first electrically-operated coal cutting machine to G. A. Mitchell of Glasgow.
1905 Needing more space, acquired the works of Black, Hawthorn and Co at Gateshead and new works constructed; the name "The New Close Works" was adopted for the new works.
1913 Acquired by C. A. Parsons and Co. William Mountain set up his own firm.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 28th March 1890 p276
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ Directory 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners
- ↑ Engineering 1892/08/12
- ↑ The Engineer of 14th September 1894 p238
- ↑ Engineering 1896/10/23
- ↑ The Engineer of 12th January 1900 p36
- ↑ Engineering 1900/02/23
- ↑ The Engineer 1900/02/23
- ↑ Fielden’s Magazine Vol 4