Scriven and Co
of the Old Foundry, Mill Street, Marsh Lane, Leeds.
Mr Scriven, uncle of Charles Scriven, became the sole owner of the business previously trading as Scriven and Holdsworth.
1887 Description and engraving of angle iron planing machine, patented by D. D. White of Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co[1]
1891 Advert., Of Leeds Old Foundry.[2]
1895 Illustration and description of large steam-driven armour plate bending rolls built for Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell and Co. Driven by a pair of vertical inverted steam engines having steam cylinders 16 1/2 in. in diameter by 28 in. stroke, fitted with link reversing motion. The driving wheels on each bottom roller are of cast steel, 11 ft. 6 in. in diameter, with teeth of 4 in. pitch, shrouded to pitch line, and all the driving pinions are of cast steel. The wheel on the second motion shaft is 12 ft. in diameter and of 3 in. pitch, the teeth being again shrouded to pitch line.[3]
1897 Drawings and description of Meynell's trolley for light railways, manufactured by Scriven. It was designed and patented in 1886 by Gerard C. Meynell for the purpose of conveying carts or drays, laden or unladen, over a narrow-gauge line without transhipment of the load, and without even unyoking the horse or horses. The important feature of the design is that the carts can be drawn by horse power loaded or empty from any place, and so that it may be lifted and carried upon and by the trolley at any point on the narrow-gauge line without shifting the load. [4]
Around the turn of the century, Charles Scriven bought the works of Messrs. Scriven and Co., and remained sole proprietor until 1907, when his two elder sons were taken into partnership.
1909 After the death of Charles Scriven, his brothers carried on the business.
1911 Large Guillotine Shears.
1927 Advert for machine tools. (of Leeds Old Foundry)
1940 Scriven Machine Tools of York Street Ironworks, Leeds 9. Advert for machine tools.
1945 Scriven Machine Tools of York Street Ironworks, Leeds 9. Advert for machine tools.
- See Crosthwaite Furnaces.
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Engineer of 3rd November 1911 p470
- Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p93
- Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p109
- Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p129