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Pott, Cassels and Williamson

From Graces Guide
1919.
1926. Tate and Lyle sugar centrifuge. Exhibit at the Museum of Liverpool.

of Motherwell

Sugar machinery

Water driven centrifugal Separators

John H. Cassel and David Y. Cassel of Pott, Cassels & Williamson were listed in Clarkes Motherwell Directory of 1896[1].

1899 From Engineering 1899/12/08: 'This company was formed about six years ago, the partners being Mr. Gideon Pott and Mr. Robert Williamson, who are associated with the engineering department, and Messrs. J. H. Cassels and D. Y. Cassels, who have been long identified with the iron trade of the West of Scotland. Mr. Pott brought to the business an extensive experience of the actual working of sugar machinery in most of the cane-growing countries of the world, as he has spent much time on sugar estates and in refineries abroad. His experience is therefore valuable to the clients of his firm. Mr. Williamson, who had been twenty years with sugar machinery-making firms in the West of Scotland, ....'[2]. The article includes information about the firm's factory and its products, eith drawings and photographs.

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] NLS: Clarkes Motherwell Directory of 1896
  2. Engineering 1899/12/08