H. J. H. King and Co
H. J. H. King and Co; engineers of Glasgow, and subsequently Newmarket near Nailsworth.
By 1869 Company formed in Glasgow by Henry James Hogg King, initially making valves and gauges
c1875 The Business was moved to King’s home ground in Nailsworth
1876 Exhibitor at the Royal Agricultural Show at Birmingham [1]
1877 Exhibitor at 1877 Royal Agricultural Show.[2].
1886 Description and illustrations of horizontal compound engine installed at Bliss Saw Mills, Chalford, near Stroud. See illustration. [3]
1890s Makers of stationary steam engines, including non-dead-centre engines. These included a horizontal engine for the Carr Tannery, Woodchester, Glos (1890s), which was originally at the pin works of Perkins and Marmont, and a vertical engine at the works of Matthew Grist and Co, Woodchester, made c.1896. [4]
1897 Description and drawings of double-acting air pump for steam engines[5]
1917 Advert for clutches
1919 Advert for clutches
1927 Advert for clutches
Also made pneumatic conveyors
1960s Taken over by Redler Conveyors and subsequently (1967) by J. Brockhouse and Co
See Also
- A history of the company and its innovative products is available on-line [6].
Sources of Information
- Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p142
- Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p143
- Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p103
- ↑ The Engineer of 21st July 1876 p40
- ↑ The Engineer 1877/07/13
- ↑ Engineering 1886/12/24
- ↑ 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 6: The South Midlands' by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
- ↑ Engineering 1897/04/30
- ↑ [1] 'The Nailsworth Engineers' by Tony Youles (GSIA)