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Newton, Bean and Mitchell

From Graces Guide
1917.
1917.
1918.
1921 Uniflow engine at Bradford Industrial Museum.
1923.
1926.
1926. Corliss engine at Calderdale Industrial Museum.
1931.
1936.

of Vulcan Works, Dudley Hill, Bradford

1896 Commenced trading as Newton and Bean

1902 Inquest into factory accident.[1]

1904 Name plate of 'Ellen'. Exhibit at Bradford Industrial Museum

1908 Partnership changed. '...the Partnership formerly subsisting between William Newton, Henry Bean, and James Siddell Mitchell, under the style of "NEWTON, BEAN, AND MITCHELL," at Dudley Hill, in the city of Bradford, as Engineers, was, so far as concerns the said William Newton, dissolved by his death on the 12th day of October, 1905. The business has been since then and will henceforth be carried on by the said Henry Bean and James Siddell Mitchell under the same style...'[2]

1917 Advert for Corliss drop valve and Uniflow engines

1917 Advert. Corliss, drop-valve and Uniflow engines for textile industry

1919 Advert for Corliss drop valve and Uniflow engines

1921 300 HP uniflow engine. Exhibit at Bradford Industrial Museum (see photo). This had been installed at Lowcock and Sons' Linton Mills in North Yorkshire, and was in service until the mill closed in 1959. Cylinder 20" bore, 27" stroke.[3]

1927 Advert. Engine builders

1929 Partnership changed. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, Henry Bean, James Siddell Mitchell, William Henry Bean, and Willie Scott, carrying on business as Engineers, at Dudley Hill, in the city of Bradford, under the style or firm of NEWTON, BEAN & MITCHELL, has been dissolved, by mutual consent, as from the 30th day of April, 1929, so far as regards the said James Siddell Mitchell....'[4]

1940 Advert for general engineering and millwright works. Iron castings

Engines on display at Northern Mill Engine Society

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p225
  • Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p256
  • Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p132
  • Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p141