J. Stannah
Originally of Southwark Bridge Road, London.
Now in Andover.
1828 Brough and Sisterson established (see advert)
1835 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership hitherto subsisting between us the undersigned, carrying on business as Blacksmiths, in New Park-Street, Southwark, under the firm of Brough and Sisterson, was this day dissolved by mutual consent.—Dated 24th June 1835. William Brough. Walter Henderson Sisterson.'[1]
1854 W. H. Sisterson, Bridge Street, Southwark.[2]
1857 Patent. '249. And Walter Henderson Sisterson, of Southwark, in the county of Surrey, Engineer, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of "an improvement in cranes."'[3]
In the 1860s, Joseph Stannah began making lifts to move ships' cargo.[4].
1866 Sisterson died and the business was taken over by Stannah.
1867 Established as independent business
1876 'Late W. H. Sisterson'[5]
1886 Hydraulic warehouse cranes, featuring an inclined jib which could be extended out of the warehouse [6]
1889 Variable power hydraulic apparatus. [7]
1899 Announce they are constructing an experimental car.[8]
1961 Stannah Lifts Ltd was incorporated
1975 Designed their first quick-to-install and easy-to-use stairlifts[9] Stannah Lifts.
2024 Stannah Group is still a family run independent business
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:10 July 1835 Issue:19287 Page:1340
- ↑ Sun (London) - Wednesday 28 June 1854
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:17 February 1857 Issue:21968 Page:545
- ↑ Stannah website
- ↑ See 1876 Advert
- ↑ The Engineer 1886/09/24 1886
- ↑ The Engineer 1889/05/24 p439
- ↑ The Autocar 1899/06/17
- ↑ Stannah website [1]