William Glover and Sons
of Eagle Works, Warwick.
1851 William Glover employing four men. [1]
1889 Showed a high-class lorrie (sic) for farm and market purposes of 14 cwt and four-ton load at the RASE at Windsor. [2]
1891 The company was registered on 4 June, to take over the business of wagon and cart builders and agricultural implement manufacturers of the firm of the same name. [3]
1894 June. Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Wagons and Carts. Their tipping wagon is well known in London and other towns for the collection of slop and dust. [4]
1895 Manufacturing a range of industrial machinery including the Eagle portable oil engine [5]
1898 June. Showed a motor water van at the 1898 Royal Agricultural Show.[6]
c1900 'The firm of William Glover and Sons in the Saltisford and Packmores offered a wide range of vans, wagons, and carts, including the vehicle awarded a prize by the London County Council for the best dust van. The firm's engineering department produced roller mill plants, cementmaking machinery, and constructional ironwork for barns and churches'. [7]
1901 Manager is James W. Glover
1905 Commenced selling i/c engines which initially were imported from the USA
Produced the 'Eagle Oil Engine'
1907 Succeeded by Eagle Engineering Co
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1851 Census
- ↑ The Engineer of 28th June 1889 p552
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Engineer 1894
- ↑ A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1999. ISBN 1 873098 50 2
- ↑ The Autocar 1898/06/25
- ↑ A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8 [1]