Southgate Engineering Co
Southgate Engineering Co of New Southgate, London.
The Works yard was flanked by the G.N.R. line at New Southgate and appeared to be of fair size. Products of earlier years comprised lathes, pumps, pile-drivers and hydraulic machinery, in addition to cranes.
1887 Advertising that they have completed their new premises at New Southgate [1]
1888 Combined Traction Engine, Crane and Excavator. [2]
1888 Issued catalogue of steam pile-drivers, sawing-off apparatus, excavators and centrifugal pumps.[3]
1894 65-ton Overhead Travelling Crane.[4]
1891 Description of beam-bending machine made by Southgate Engineering [5]
1894 Gun-turning lathe, 42-in. centre height, with a 30-ft. bed, made by the Southgate Engineering Co for a foreign Government. Sspecially designed for turning breech pieces, jackets, and B, C, and D hoops of 30-centimetre or 12-in. guns, being one of a complete plant of machinery for the manufacture of ordnance of the size mentioned.[6]
'Accident cranes' were little known in this country but, in 1896, four examples, of 10 tons capacity, were supplied to Indian Railways. These were of the usual pillar type of the period and had inclined cylinders, mounted outside the frames. Carriages were of the three-axle type, all axles being coupled by chains for maximum adhesion.
A few cranes for this builder were also turned out by Messrs. Jessop of Leicester under sub-contract.
1896 Brief description and engraving of 5ft 6" gauge 10-ton locomotive steam crane for India [7]
1896 Brief description and a drawing of a 65-ton capacity travelling goliath crane for an overseas gun factory. The boiler and machinery were on top of the gantry [8]
1897 'Roller keys'. 'The method closely resembles that used on a ratchet brace some years ago'. See illustration.[9]
1897 Lathe for machining projectiles [10]
1899 James Garvie was managing director[11]
1902 Sale notice. Southgate Engineering Co Ltd in liquidation. Sale of tools, machinery and effects on the premises in South Road, Station Road, and Railway Sidings, New Southgate, including horizontal boring machine, two horizontal planing machines, several double-geared drilling machines, 15 screw- cutting and surfacing gap lathes from 6in. to 18in. centres, 10 h.p. Otto gas engine, 8 h.p. horizontal steam engine, .... [12]
The extent or duration of subsquent manufacture at New Southgate is uncertain; by 1910, the Firm, described as Engineers and Iron founders, was operating from Gracechurch Street, London , E.C., and, by 1915, had evidently disappeared.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Barnet Press - Saturday 13 August 1887
- ↑ The Engineer of 30th March 1888 p253
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th April 1888 p338
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th July 1894 p78
- ↑ Engineering 1891/10/16
- ↑ Engineering 1894/11/30
- ↑ Engineering 1896/09/11
- ↑ Engineering 1896/11/20
- ↑ Engineering 1897/01/08
- ↑ The Engineer of 10th September 1897
- ↑ Mechanical engineer records
- ↑ Barnet Press - Saturday 17 May 1902
- C. Capewell