Turner Brothers Asbestos Co
of Spotland, Rochdale, Manchester and 120 Fenchurch Street, London, EC. (1914)
c.1880 after the formation of the United Asbestos Co, John Bell acquired samples of crysotile asbestos from Canada; he then sought advice from a Lancashire cotton spinner and weaver, Samuel Turner, who entered an agreement to supply woven asbestos to John Bell. When that agreement came to an end, Turner Brothers (presumably Samuel with his brothers Robert and John) entered the market as competitors[1].
1887 Exhibited asbestos in the crude state, prepared fibre, yarn, cordage, and cloth. Packings in variety for locomotive, stationary and marine engines. Jointing Material in various forms for steam and hydraulic purposes. Compound Cement for steam and water joints. Non-conducting composition for covering boilers and steam-pipes. Ground asbestos. Miscellaneous Packings. Belting. Woven Seamless Hose for fire brigades. The Gripwell Belting Syrup.
1913 Instead of expanding at Rochdale, the company built a new factory at Trafford Park, Manchester[2].
1914 Manufacturers of Asbestos Goods, Hair and Balata Beltings, Pipe and Boiler Coverings, Asbestos Roofings etc. Specialities: "Permanite" Compressed Asbestos Fibre Jointing, "Codifex" Packings, "Lomoto" Packings, "Veelos" and No.1 Balata Beltings, "Tower" and "Gripwell" Hair Beltings, Pipe and Boiler Coverings, "Ægis" Asbestos-Cement Slates and Sheets, "Firefly" Asbestos Roofings etc. [3]
Directors: S. Turner, R. Turner, C. H. Turner, F. Turner, S. Turner (jun.) and H. R. Turner.
Later renamed as Turner Brothers Asbestos Co (see advert)
1920 Private company. One of the 4 companies that merged to form Turner and Newall.
1922 Directors: Sir Samuel Turner (Chairman), Samuel Turner, Robert Turner, and H. R. Turner.
1937 Asbestos and belting manufacturers. [4]
1945 Advert for asbestos packing and jointing. Belting. [5]
1949 Opening of new factory in Hindley Green, South Lancashire.
1961 Manufacturers of asbestos textiles, packings and jointings; conveyor, elevator and power transmission beltings and plastics reinforcement materials. 4,500 employees. [6]
1961 Acquired stock, items of plant and the goodwill of George MacLellan and Co.
1965 Acquired most of the plant and the goodwill of Albion Asbestos Co Ltd., a small manufacturer of asbestos textiles.
Incorporated with Turner and Newall company, Glass Fabrics, of Dungannon, Northern Ireland.
Asbestos rope lagging has been increasingly replaced by pre-formed calcium silicate sections (asbestos-based and asbestos-free) for pipe lagging.
See Also
- 1887 Royal Jubilee Exhibition Manchester
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: A
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: E
- 1914 Who's Who in Business: Company T
- 1919 Royal Agricultural Show
- 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company T
- 1934 Home Office Industrial Museum
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- 1962 Health and Safety Exemptions
- 1965 London International Engineering Exhibition
- 1972 Health and Safety Exemptions
- Beldam Packing and Rubber Co
- Bell's Asbestos Co
- Bells Asbestos and Engineering Supplies
- Bells United Asbestos Co
- Charles Henry Turner
- Engineering 1918 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1967 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1968 Jan-Jun: Index
- Engineering 1969 Jan-Jun: Index
- Frank Turner (1876-1953)
- George MacLellan and Co
- Harold Rupert Turner
- John Bell (of London)
- John Bell and Son
- Samuel Turner
- The Engineer 1917/07/13
- The Engineer 1919/05/30
- The Engineer 1919/07/04
- Turner and Newall
Sources of Information
- ↑ Friday, 7 December 1928
- ↑ The Times, 15 January 1913
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p148
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE