J. Hopkinson and Co
Britannia Works, Huddersfield.
1843 Company established.
1894 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1895 Advert. Parallel slide blow-off valve. [1]
1899 Advert. Parallel slide blow-off valve. [2]
1904 A new factory was built covering 15 acres; employed 1,500 men.
1905 Advert for high steam safety valves and boiler mountings. [3]
1913 Advert for high steam safety valves and safety boiler mountings. [4]
1914 Manufacturers of Patent Valves and Safety Boiler Mountings. Specialities: Hopkinson boiler mountings and steam stop valves, high-class steam specialities. Employees 600. [5]
1917 Advert for the 'Triad' junction valve and safety boiler mountings. [6]
1919 Advert for stop valve. 'Upwards of 30,000 supplied'. [7]
1920 May. Issued catalogue on boiler-mountings and valves and other items. [8]
1920 J. Hopkinson and Son was registered as a limited company.
1926 Public company - see Hopkinsons
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1895. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p19
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1899. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1905. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p3 & p22
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1913. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p3 & p30
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p1 & p75
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p1 & p101
- ↑ The Engineer of 7th May 1920 p488