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William Boulton

From Graces Guide
1884.
February 1959.

of Providence Foundry, Burslem

1852 Company founded.

1888 Supplied clay preparation plant, including a horizontal single-cylinder steam engine, to Burgess and Leigh, Middleport Pottery, Burslem. Still running when photographed by George Watkins in 1975 [1]. Engine has been preserved in situ.

1898 Private company.

1959 Company made public.

1961 Manufacturers of machinery for the ceramic and process industries. 250 employees.[2]

1968 William Boulton Holdings Ltd acquired T. M. Birkett, Billington and Newton[3]

1970 Other subsidiaries were:[4]

1972 Acquired Staffordshire Public Works[5]

1978 William Boulton Group, industrial machinery manufacturer, acquired:[6]

1987 Reconstruction of the company due to financial problems; acquired by new holding company, Cauldron Group[7]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Plate 135, 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 5' by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
  2. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  3. ↑ The Times Oct. 22, 1969
  4. ↑ The Times Dec. 11, 1970
  5. ↑ The Times June 14, 1972
  6. ↑ The Times Nov. 9, 1978
  7. ↑ The Times July 10, 1987
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