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Rushworth and Co

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1883. Boiler plate bending machine.
1886. Plate edge planing machine.
1886.
January 1888.
January 1888.
April 1888. Double spindle drilling machine. [1]
1893 Rushworth plate edge planer
1893. Boiler Turning, Boring, and Drilling Machine.
1893.
1894.
1901.
1901.
1901. Machine for working plates and rolled sections.
1901.
1902.
1902.
1902.
1965.

Rushworth and Co of Sowerby Bridge.

1886 Description and engraving of a planing machine 'of exceptional strength and rigidity for the size of work which can be passed through it. It is designed to plane objects up to 7 ft. in length and 4 ft. 6 in. square.' It was made for Buckley and Taylor[2]

1892 Description of a machine for shearing copper-plates, built by Rushworth and Co. The machine could cut plates 1 1/4 in. thick and 12 in. wide. [3]

1893 Large machining for machining plates on one side and one edge simultaneously (see photograph).

1894 Large Boiler Drilling, Turning and Boring Machine. Article and illustration in 'The Engineer'. Their customer was Davey, Paxman and Co [4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Engineering 1888/05/11
  2. ↑ Engineering 1886/04/09
  3. ↑ Engineering 1892/09/02
  4. ↑ The Engineer of 19th January 1894 p48
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