Samuel and Hugh Morton of Leith, Scotland
1818 A mechanism for reducing the labour involved in hauling up a ship up a slipway was invented and patented by Mr. Morton as a substitute for a dry dock.
1845 THE Copartnership between the now deceased Samuel Morton, sometime residing at Smith's-place, Leith-walk, Edinburgh, and thereafter at Harmony-hall, Melrose, in the county of Roxburgh, and Hugh Morton, residing at Smith's-place aforesaid, as Engineers and Agricultural Implement Manufacturers, under the firm of Samuel and Hugh Morton, was dissolved, on the 2nd day of January 1843, in consequence of the death of the said Samuel Morton.
Signed Charles Morton, W.S., one of, and factor for Samuel Morton's trustee's, and Hugh Morton
With reference to the above, the subscriber (Hugh Morton) respectfully intimates, that the said business has been, since the 2nd day of January 1843, and will be in future carried on by him, in all its branches, under the firm of Samuel and Hugh Morton.[1]
1849 Slipway winding gear with single-cylinder horizontal steam engine, Dover Harbour Repair Board Slipway[2]
1866 Haulage engine for patent slipway at Victoria Dock, Hull, now on display at Hull Marina. See photos.
1878 The Subscribers, the Trustees of the late Hugh Morton, Esq., sometime residing at Belvidere House, Stanley Road, Trinity, and the Subscriber William Marshall, residing in Madeira Street, Leith, hereby intimate that their interest in the Business of SAMUEL & HUGH MORTON & COMPANY, Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Iron Shipbuilders, Leith, of which Firm the said Hugh Morton and William Marshall were the sole Partners, ceased on 31st December 1878.
With reference to the above Notice, we have to intimate that the Business will be carried on by us, in all its branches, under the Firm of SAMUEL & HUGH MORTON AND COMPANY, Leith, Signed Samuel M. Smart, H. Morton Gavin, Stewart Robertson[3]
c.1890s Steam winch for slipway haulage for Scott & Sons (Bowling) Ltd., Littlemill Slip Docks. [4]
Maker of stationary engines. [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette 14 Nov 1845
- ↑ ‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 8: Greater London & South East‘, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
- ↑ Edinburgh Gazette Feb 18 1879
- ↑ Plate 207, ‘The End of a Revolution: The Last Days of Stationary Steam’ by Colin Bowden, Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2008
- ↑ Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
- Biography in Dictionary of National Biography