Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Ward and Haggas

From Graces Guide

of Eastwood Tool works, Parson street, Keighley

1870 Company established

1891 The partnership of Hudson, Ward and Haggas was dissolved when William Hudson left; the business was continued by William Ward and Holland Haggas[1]

1895 Description and engraving of disc cutting machine with four spindles, to cut out circles from 9 in. to 30 in. in diameter in plates up to 1 in. thick.[2]

1895 Description and engraving of a double-headed milling machine specially designed for milling at one operation both edges of 'dog bone' shaped test pieces to uniform sizes after they are cut from the plates to be tested.[3]

c.1900 Presumably succeeded by Ward, Haggas and Smith

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Sources of Information

  1. London Gazette 1 December 1891
  2. Engineering 1895/08/30
  3. Engineering 1895/12/13