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Holt and Willetts

From Graces Guide
May 1896.
February 1901.
January 1902. Pulley Blocks.
1902.
1907.
February 1911.
1912.
1918.
Dec 1921.
1921.
1923.
1920s Holt and Willetts 20-ton electric crane at Kempton Great Engines

of Lion Works, Cradley Heath

1868 Business established.

1922 Maker of hand-powered and overhead travelling cranes and electric, belt-driven and hand-powered lifts.

1937 Lifting machinery manufacturers.[1]

A hand-operated overhead crane by Holt and Willetts can be seen in a photograph of Harts Hill Ironworks taken by George Watkins in 1938 [2]

Connection with Charles Willetts, Junior?

Taken over by Herbert Morris

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  2. ↑ Plate 135, 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 5' by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
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