Reavell and Co
Reavell and Co of Ranelagh Works, Ipswich.
1894 The Scott-Reavell patent issued.
1898 Public company. Formed by William Reavell, his brother-in-law, W. H. Scott, C. Gaskell and others. A works site was purchased in Ipswich. The company was to construct the Scott-Reavell patent high-speed forced lubrication enclosed steam engine, the drawings having been done at Laurence, Scott and Co.
1900 Description of the Ranelagh Works [1]
1900 Description and illustrations of a Scott central valve enclosed steam engine working on the Cornish cycle, driving a Laurence, Scott and Co dynamo. Also featured were a 4-cylinder(radial) portable air compressor for electric drive, and an air hoist [2]
1900 June. Article and illustrations on their electrically driven air-compressor.
1900 November. Article and illustration of High-Speed Engine and dynamo.
1908 Steam engines mostly ceased as the company concentrated on their compressors.
1909 Building a range of vertical four-stroke engines for driving generators and sized at 3.5, 5 and 7.5 hp (singles) and 10 and 15 hp (twins) [3]
1911 Electrical Exhibition. Quadruplex air compressors, high speed oil engine, high-speed steam engine and others. [4]
1916 Compressors and exhausters for gas and air[5]
1931 Exhibited "Askania" Regulating Apparatus at Institution of Civil Engineers' Conversazione[6]
1937 Air compressor specialists. "Reavell" Compressors. [7]
1961 Engineers, specialising in the manufacture of compressors and exhausters of all types for air or gases, also regulators. 750 employees. [8]
1968 James Howden and Godfrey made an agreed offer for the company (which was public but not quoted)[9]
1969 James Howden and Godfrey sold its subsidiary, Reavell and Co, to International Compressed Air Corporation[10]
1987 CompAir Reavell offered compressors of various types for marine, offshore and industrial uses[11]
1999 Company was still in business in Ipswich.
2008 Compair was acquired by Gardner-Denver Co; Reavell continued to make compressors for a variety of applications.[12]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineering 1900/02/09
- ↑ Engineering 1900/02/16
- ↑ A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1996. ISBN 1 873098 37 5
- ↑ The Engineer 1911/10/13 p390
- ↑ [1] Historic England
- ↑ The Engineer 1931
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Dec. 7, 1968
- ↑ The Times Dec 17, 1969
- ↑ The Times Sept. 25, 1987
- ↑ [2] Gardner Denver website
- The Engineer of 29th June 1900 p678
- The Engineer of 9th November 1900 p472
- Steam Engine Builders of Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1950 by The Augustine Steward Press