Gwynne and Co
Gwynne and Co engineers, of Essex Street Works, Strand and Victoria Embankment (1882), and later Brooke Street Works, Holborn.
1849 The company was founded by John Gwynne, Senior who later brought his 3 sons into the business - James E. Gwynne, [1] John Gwynne, and Henry A. Gwynne [2].
1851 Gwynne's "American pump" was shown at the Great Exhibition
1853 GWYNNE, SON, and Co., Essex-wharf, Strand, advertising centrifugal pumps.[3]
1853/63 John Gwynne started work in the business
1856 John Gwynne Senior died
1863 James E. A. Gwynne gained a patent on improvements in centrifugal pumps.
1866 Works at Hammersmith built on the site of the former residence of Mr Lumley.
1867 'MACHINERY FOR PREPARING TEA. WE have recently inspected some very ingenious machinery, worked by steam-power, designed to supersede the employment of manual labour in the preparation of tea for exportation. The apparatus is the invention of Mr. T.WATERS, Engineer, of Japan; it is in process of construction by Messrs. J. and H. GWYNNE, the eminent engineers of Hammersmith, and when complete will be forwarded to Japan, and at once put into operation there.... '[4]
One source implies that John and Henry Gwynne set up their own business, J. and H. Gwynne, at Hammersmith Works, in 1868.[5]. Another source gives 1872 as the date that John and Henry Gwynne formed the business which was to become J. and H. Gwynne[6].
1868 Received an order for 'two of the very largest centrifugal pumps ever made.' They were for the Hauveille Reclamation Works in Denmark, intended to each lift 60,000 gpm to a height of 6ft. Engines to be made by Kitson and Co., of the Airedale Foundry, Leeds, with 24" cylinders, and 24" stroke.[7]
1878 Henry Gwynne died
1882 Machinists, hydraulic machine makers, gas engineers[8]; Gwynne and Co belonged to James Gwynne; James Gwynne was a civil engineer[9]; later in the century, his son Neville (c.1869-)[10] was manager[11]. By this time, Henry and John had their own business at Hammersmith: J. and H. Gwynne[12].
1889 Showed engines combined with boilers and centrifugal pumps at the RASE at Windsor[13]
1892 Absorbed the Pilsen Electric Co which would be carried on as Messrs. Gwynne and Co.'s Electrical Department, Brooke Street Works, Holborn, London, E. C.[14]
1894 Description of their works in 'The Engineer'. [15]
1894 Circulating pumps for SS Caledonia[16]. Illustration shows the Company was of Brooke Street Works, Holborn.
1894 Won contract from the River Wear Commissioners to supply pumps connected to three Scavenging Engines by Crossley Brothers[17]
1900 Pumping engine for Uraga Dock. Article and illustration in 'The Engineer'. [18]
1903 The name was changed to Gwynnes Ltd, on amalgamation with J. and H. Gwynne, something that had been effected by the latter company taking over Gwynne and Co[19][20].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1861 census
- ↑ The Times, 27 June 1903
- ↑ Daily News (London) - Thursday 15 September 1853
- ↑ London and China Telegraph - Saturday 14 December 1867
- ↑ 'The Story of Queen's Engineering Works, Bedford' by Michael R. Lane. Unicorn Press, 1995
- ↑ The Times, 27 November 1926
- ↑ [1] 24 April 1868, p.401
- ↑ Post Office London Directory, 1882
- ↑ Post Office London Directory, 1882
- ↑ 1871 census
- ↑ The Times, 27 June 1903
- ↑ George Watkins (The Steam Engine in Industry) says there were two companies in London in the latter half of the 19th century. John and Henry Gwynne were at Hammersmith and Gwynne and Co were at Essex Street, Strand and then later at Brooke Street Works, Holborn. The two concerns joined forces at the end of the century to become Gwynnes at Hammersmith
- ↑ The Engineer of 28th June 1889 p545
- ↑ Engineering 1892/12/30
- ↑ The Engineer of 6th April 1894 p283
- ↑ The Engineer of 14th September 1894 p227
- ↑ The Engineer of 21st December 1894 p555
- ↑ The Engineer of 26th October 1900 p438
- ↑ The Times, 27 June 1903
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908