Oliver and Co

1878. Casson's saw bench with saw-steadying apparatus.

Oliver and Co (W. Oliver and Co) of Broad Oaks Works, Chesterfield - presumably Victoria Iron Works

1860 Mr. Oliver set up business on a small site in the centre of Chesterfield

1870 He bought land on which new works were built, presumably Broad Oak Iron Works.

1881 Schram air compressor

1880s Winding engine for Grassmoor Colliery, Chesterfield. Photographed by George Watkins in 1964.^[1]

Maker of stationary engines. ^[2]

1889 Built two locomotives for the Cranford Ironstone Co ^[3]

1889 Charles Paxton Markham took over the Broad Oaks Engineering Works from William Oliver, after it had gone into liquidation. This heavy engineering and manufacturing company had a very unusual addition – the selling and servicing of Henry Ford's Model T vehicles.

c.1916 The car dealership ended

Sources of Information

↑ 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 5: The North Midlands', by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
↑ Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
↑ British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816

[1] Nedias Newsletter #61

[1] 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 5: The North Midlands', by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd

[2] Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10

[3] British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816

[1]

[2]

[3]

Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Oliver and Co

See Also

Sources of Information